A wonderful long length of glazed cotton. Lovely rich colours and glazed indicating ithey have never been cleaned or washed, although it has been used because there are minute holes from stitching to the selvedges. Cotton was glazed for furnishing textiles, mainly blinds and curtains. The fabric is passed between calender rollers at high temperatures and pressures to create the glaze, which repels dust. The background colour is more creamy than appears in the photos.
A meandering tree filled with full blown roses, shaded in crimson and off white and cream with blue green leaves, touches of pink, brown, black and ochre, the design outlined with a picotage or pinning with leafy sprays, all on pale creamy ground.
9ft 4 in x 2ft 1 in ; 2.85 x 64 cm selvedge to selvedge. Three full repeats.
A pin head hole near the top. There are a few minor minor light brown spots.
The background colour of all the outer edges have approx 6 in; 15 cm wide area of very very slightly darker shade. The inner edges have in past been sewn together by hand, so there are pin pricks.
Textile Printing by Joyce Storey
Price: on request
Ref N°: 8799
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