Panel (Furnishing Fabric) (1856): Artwork and History

Panel (Furnishing Fabric) (1856) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Printed and Manufactured by Lancaster Prints England, Lancashire, Lancaster.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

Produced in England at the Lancaster Prints establishment in the mid-19th century, this Panel of butterflies was meant to be cut down the middle and used as borders for quilted bedcovers and furnishings. At a time when shoddy manufacturing characterized textile production in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, this richly colored and beautifully designed panel which was created by the newly invented technique of roller-printing, attests to the high standards of design and fabrication achieved at the Lancaster works.

Object facts

• Title: Panel (Furnishing Fabric)
• Date: 1856
• Artist attribution: Printed and Manufactured by Lancaster Prints England, Lancashire, Lancaster
• Place of origin: England
• Medium: Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed; glazed
• Dimensions: 544.8 × 60.7 cm (214 1/2 × 23 7/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 40.6 cm (16 in.)
• Type: Textile
• Department: Textiles
• Reference number: 1958.762

Collection credit

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Homer Dixon

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