American or British
Indigo resist-dyed linen, late 18th century
linen
14 x 39 1/2 in.
POA
An exceptionally rare indigo blue resist-dyed linen fragment with a composition of pheasants, pomegranates, and flowers. Related to a group of late 18th-century indigo textiles thought to have been made...
An exceptionally rare indigo blue resist-dyed linen fragment with a composition of pheasants, pomegranates, and flowers. Related to a group of late 18th-century indigo textiles thought to have been made in America or in England for the American market.
Good condition. Some discoloration. Handsewn along bottom edge.
Exhibitions
Identical textiles resist-dyed on cotton include examples at Colonial Williamsburg (1951-298,2); and Winterthur (1951.0019, 1960.0042.001-002, 1968.0360.001-003, 1969.3215 A-D, 1955.0654A-I).Literature
See Florence Pettit, America's Indigo Blues (1974), pp. 158–164. A wholecloth coverlet of the same textile is illustrated in Cora Ginsburg 1998 (1998), n.p.1
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