Floral print with figures
Unknown
1825–30 · Cotton · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
In prints of this type the pattern is stamped on the cloth from woodblocks dipped in chemical; when the dyed the parts so treated do not take the dye and the pattern is left on the undyed cloth. Red prints of this character are called toile de Normandie. Rouen was the center for dyeing in turkey red.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1825–30
- Medium
- Cotton
- Culture
- French, probably Rouen
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of William Sloane Coffin, 1926
