Squab
Category
Textiles
Date
1840
Materials
horsehair, cotton, silk, linen
Place of origin
Lancashire
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932753.30
Summary
Printed cotton squab (patterns 1,2,79). Fabric, white cotton plain weave, roller printed in pink, mid-pink, red, yellow, blue, green and purple; design, vertical meanders of May blossom stems, roses and fuchsias, surrounded with fine dots, repeat 190 mm across loom width; trimming, blue cotton and gold silk herringbone braid piped; structure, handsewn, interior linen, horsehair filled.