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Textile

ca. 1800 · Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Regular arrangement of "paisley" style motifs in bright colors. The red color was printed using the "lapis" technique, which combines both a mordant and a discharging agent.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Subjects
Textiles
Credit lineTextile. ca. 1800. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund. CC0.

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