Art Institute of Chicago
Bedcover
United States, New England or Mid-AtlanticLinkedCulture matchlcp-69b3f9bd7c07
- Date
- c. 1790
- Medium
- Three panels joined: cotton, plain weave; block-printed-resist-dyed; backed with linen, plain weave; edged with cotton, plain weave tape; block-printed-resist-dyed; quilted with linen
- Culture
- United States
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 121944
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, England maintained restrictions on the export of textile-related technology and expertise. Copperplate engraving required specialized training, limiting its widespread use. The age-old tradition of printing with blocks continued in the United States. In this bedcover the blocks were used to apply the resist before the textile was dyed with indigo. Prior to the Revolutionary War, indigo cultivation for export was a profitable enterprise in South Carolina, though this would later be supplanted by the cotton industry.
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- Credit line
- Robert Allerton Endowment
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- Object type
- AAT300014063
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