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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Printed textile of eagle and flowers
Title
Printed textile of eagle and flowers
Object name
Textile fragment
Date
1800-1850
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 23 3/4 in. ( 40.6 x 60.3 cm )
Description
Cotton block-printed textile fragment with image of an American bald eagle above a floral garland (image repeats); eagle is white and sepia over a red ground; flowers are pink, blue-green, blue and sepia; the color printing is mis-registered.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1941.118
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
