Border, Medium: cotton Technique: discharge printed on a calendered plain weave, Short length of a calendered red fabric patterned with stylized acanthus scrolls in a lighter shade of red. Discharge printing process leaves a white pattern of a scrolling ribbon with leaves and flowers on the border and butah shapes in the field., Europe, ca. 1850, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Border.
Border, Medium: cotton Technique: discharge printed on a calendered plain weave, Short length of a calendered red fabric patterned with stylized acanthus scrolls in a lighter shade of red. Discharge printing process leaves a white pattern of a scrolling ribbon with leaves and flowers on the border and butah shapes in the field., Europe, ca. 1850, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Border