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Description: | Ivory China crepe, block-printed in peach colour, purple, crimson, yellow and black, square; two sides with selvedges, two sides with run hems; border pattern of large roundel centred on yellow oval, purple centred white petals around, white spokes, red between to ring of purple quatrefoils in yellow discs, white frames; purple with peach trefoils to scallops with red spots at points, yellow to frame, double S scrolls above and below with ‘hump’ of red and white and half-quatrefoil of purple, to other side ‘cupid’s bow’ with yellow triangle enclosing trefoil, S scrolls each side, point of triangle overlapping purple scalloped discs, red spots at points, enclosing flowerhead of 6 white edged purple petals , peach centre, cartouches above and below enclosing purple lozenge, red spot, both outlined in white, yellow ground; from scalloped disc, concave sided lozenge, 4 yellow trefoils around purple disc centre with peach quatrefoil , curved trumpet shapes above and below with scrolls, dots and lozenges in purple, yellow ground, S scrolls to red discs, purple quatrefoil centres abutting to roundel (see above); centre with second motif, large oval with purple, white, black and yellow oval centre, 8 peach centred white petals, yellow ground with purple spots in white rings, white outline, at one narrow end 2 yellow S scrolls , purple quatrefoil at other 2 yellow scrolls, purple ground, roundel with yellow quatrefoil, white outline, purple triangle, white outline, on peach, 2 scrolls to lozenge in purple, between 2 addorsed S scrolls, yellow between; two of theses motifs making V in each corner, four makings cross in centre; knotted on silk fringe with heading of one row of knots,
Accession number: NCMG 2006-236 | Subjects: | textiles (printed) costume (women's) | Temporal: | 1820-1840 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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