Display Day 5 Flashcards
What is this textile called
Pieced Block Quilt
8 point
What type of
quilt is this?
Chintz Applique
What type of quilt is this?
Crazy Quilt
What type of
quilt is this?
Log Cabin
What is Mauvene? Who discovered it?
The color purple, William Henry Perkin accidentally discovered it
What is the importance of Mauvene?
Was a rare color, Hard to make and all royalty wore it because only the rich could afford it, was the rise of synthetic dyes
How was Mauvene Discovered?
Perkin was a young chemist whom was searching for method of producing synthetic quinine (treatment for malaria) from coal tar
where does the
phrase “mauve measles”
originate?
France
By what year was 90% of all dyestuffs are of synthetic origin
1890
What is this textile called?
Germantown Chief’s Blankets
Transition Period (1863 – 1895)
Shift to making rugs for Anglo Market, often using aniline-dyed yarns from Germantown (Pennsylvania)
– “Eye-dazzlers” – Zigzag patterns, bright colors
– Chief’s Blankets with Brighter colors, Purple, Synthetic Dyes
Rug Period (~ 1895 – 1940)
Heavier weaving, simple designs, handspun native wool
– Anglo traders (trading posts) influencing design / color palette and intermediaries with consumers
– Mix of synthetic and natural dyes used depending on trading post
Foremost British textile designer of 19th century
William Morris
What printing techniques did Morris use?
Wood block printing
What kinds of dyes did morris use?
Natural Dyes
What influence is seen in this textile?
Savafid Turkish
What printingtechnique(s) was used on this textile?
■What influences are found in this textile pattern?
Jacquard-Woven, Byzantine, Early Renn influence
Name fo this dress?
Technique to create the dress?
Delphos Gown, 1907
Silk Pleating Patented
What kind of textile weave is
used for the robe?
Screen Printing
Which era
inspired this
textile?
High Renaissance
