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Bedcover
Designed by: Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857–1941)
Printed by: G. P. & J. Baker
Probably retailed by: Liberty & Co. (English, founded 1875)
Printed by: G. P. & J. Baker
Probably retailed by: Liberty & Co. (English, founded 1875)
English
about 1895
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave, block-printed
Dimensions
Overall: 316 x 181.5 cm (124 7/16 x 71 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number1976.764
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionHanging consisting of 2 loom widths intended to be sewn together thereby creating central field with border running along 2 sides and bottom. Design of field: large yellow tulips with green intertwining stems and leaves against orange ground; rows of upright tulips alternating with rows of downward hanging tulips. Border: small yellow buds with long spiralling green stems. Band of white silk along lower edge. Condition very good except for tears along top and bottom. Designed for G.P. & J. Baker
Provenance1976, Avis and Rockwell Gardiner Antiquarians and Appraisers, Stamford, CT; sold by Avis and Rockwell Gardiner to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 18, 1976)