Textile, roller print

Date1825-1835

MediumCotton

DimensionsOW 32 in.
OL 24 in.

Credit LineBequest of Grace Hartshorn Westerfield

Object number1974-452

DescriptionCotton textile roller printed with abstract floral and mushroom pattern with dotted details.Label TextThis fragment was printed through a process called roller, or cylinder, printing. Instead of a design being engraved on a flat surface, here it is engraved on a copper roller set against a central cylinder. The fabric then passes through both cylinders, with a secondary roller feeding in the color.ProvenancePrior to 1974, Grace Hartshorn Westerfield (Camden, ME); 1974, bequeathed to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)