Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Textiles

1856

Printed and Manufactured by Lancaster Prints
England, Lancashire, Lancaster

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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Department: Textiles

Artist: Lancaster Prints (Printer)
Title: Panel (Furnishing Fabric)
Place: England (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1856
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed; glazed
Inscriptions: Inscription (label on reverse): LANCASTER PRINTS. 47 Yds. / BORDERS FOR QUILTS, FURNITURE COVERINGS, & C.
Dimensions: 544.8 × 60.7 cm (214 1/2 × 23 7/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 40.6 cm (16 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Homer Dixon
Reference Number: 1958.762
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Christa Charlotte Mayer, Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), 210, no. 166.

Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, Jan. 25–Mar. 2, 1969.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Printed Fabrics from the Permanent Collection, August 8, 1981–January 31, 1982
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century, September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago’s Collection, February 17–May 2, 1993

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