Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Printed and Manufactured by Lancaster Prints

Date

1856

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed; glazed

Culture

England

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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.

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