Printed Textile: Kerchiefs

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Printed Textile: Kerchiefs

Late 19th century

Artist/maker unknown, English or Scottish, for export to New Caledonia

In the late nineteenth century, European textile manufacturers strove to meet the needs and tastes of economically important overseas markets. This textile was one of a large group--many previously shown at international exhibitions in France—collected as an example of trade commodities in about 1900 by the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (later the Civic Center Museum) and transferred to the Philadelphia Museum of Art when the collections were dispersed after 2001.

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Object Details

Title:

Printed Textile: Kerchiefs

Date:

Late 19th century

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, English or Scottish, for export to New Caledonia

Medium:

Printed cotton plain weave

Dimensions:

12 feet 1 inches × 29 3/4 inches (368.3 × 75.6 cm)

Classification:

Textiles

Credit Line:

Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004

Accession Number:

2004-111-57

Geography:

Probably made in Scotland, Europe Made for New Caledonia, Oceania or Manchester, England, Europe

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