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Unknown artist, English

Abolitionist Furnishing Textile, early 1800s

Now On View

Description

Maker

Culture

English

Title

Abolitionist Furnishing Textile

Year

early 1800s

Medium

Copperplate-printed cotton plain weave; darned

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Dimensions

95.3 cm (37 1/2 inches) (length)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Constance Wharton Smith

Object Number

58.165.123

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Repair and Design Futures

October 5, 2018 - June 30, 2019

The printed red and white furnishing textile features scenes from George Morland’s paintings African Hospitality and Slave Trade, marking it as messaging for the English Abolitionist movement, which called to end the enslavement and sale of African men and women.

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