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Asymmetrical pattern of flowers and leaves of oriental character, parrots and long legged bird; printed in shades of blue, violet, red and green against a brown ground.

Textile (possibly England), early 20th century
linen.
Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little.
1968-110-26

This object was made by J.P. & J. Baker.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Polychrome block print on natural linen. Off-set rows of oval framed basket of flowers. Frame made of twisting lavender ribbons. Basket of purple, yellow flowers with greenery. Between rows are areas of purple "picotage" and purple flower heads.

Textile (England), 1920–30
linen.
Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little.
1968-110-54

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Polychrome block print on coarse natural linen. Two parallel serpentine branches with elaborate and fantastic blossoms in red, pink, purple, blue with large curling fantastic leaves. After the manner of an 18th century painted cotton. Condition: soiled.

Textile (England), 1920s
linen.
Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little.
1968-110-20

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Rhythmic treatment of an abstract pattern in orange, brown, maroon and black.

Textile, Abstract Design, 1925
linen.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1937-1-13

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Large-scale symmetrical design of stylized plant forms in black, green, yellow and orange.

This object was made by Stroheim & Romann.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Panel of natural-colored linen printed in a multicolored design of interlacing enframements enclosing flowers. The design is taken from the painted rooms at Cornmarket Street, Oxford, which was decorated circa 1550. Colors are green, red, yellow, dark and light brown, and blue.

Textile, Davenant, 1920–29
linen.
1960-155-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal alternating repeat of conventionalized buds and blossoms against background of interlacing foliages and tiny blossoms. Printed in blue, tan, black, and red on white, plain cloth.

Textile, Pomegranate, ca. 1934
linen.
Gift of Cowtan & Tout, Inc..
1935-23-19

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fabric is a reproduction of an English copperplate print design, circa 1770. Design of cherry branches in three colors.

Textile (England), 1942
linen.
Gift of Mrs. Germaine Little.
1968-110-150

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Length of printed linen with a large scale design of an iguana caught in the tendrils of a fantastical plant that is both an aloe and a pineapple, with parrots, moths, bugs and blossoms. Printed in red, green and black on a white ground.

Textile, Iguanus, 1990
linen.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
1990-164-1

This object was made by Timorous Beasties.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

"Toile" style pattern in blues on a white ground; the scenes are of the contemporary life and architecture of London.

Textile, London Toile, ca. 2006
linen.
Gift of Timorous Beasties.
2007-40-1

This object was made by Timorous Beasties.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Reproduction of a broadside reading,
"Illustration of Manufacturing Celerity to prove the possibility of WOOL being manufactured into CLOTH and made into a COAT between SUNRISE and SUNSET and which was successfully accomplished on Tuesday the 25th of June, 1811. At five o'clock that morning TWO SHEEP belonging to Sir John Throckmorton, Bart. were sheared by his own shepherd FRANCIS Druett and the wool given to Mr. JOHN COXETER at Greenham Mills near NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE: who had the WOOL spun, the YARN spooled, warped, loomed, and wove. The CLOTH burned, milled, rowed, dyed, dryed, sheared and pressed BY FOUR O'CLOCK - ALL the processes of MANUFACTURE were performed BY HAND in ELEVEN HOURS. THE CLOTH was then given to Mr. ISSAC WHITE, Tailor, of Newbury, whose Son, James White, cut the coat out and had it made up within TWO HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES, when the Master Manufacturers, Mr. John Coxeter, presented it to Sir John Throckmorton, Bast. who appeared with it before an assembly of 5000 spectators who had come far and near to witness this singular and uprecedented performance completed in THIRTEEN HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES.
THE THROCKMORTON COAT of Coughton Court"

Textile, THE THROCKMORTON COAT of Coughton Court
linen.
Gift of Alice Baldwin Beer.
1974-104-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.