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Unknown Maker, English

Abolitionist Furnishing Textile

Maker

Unknown Maker, English
After George Morland (English, ca. 1763-1804)

Culture

English

Title

Abolitionist Furnishing Textile

Year

early 1800s

Medium

  • Copperplate-printed cotton plain weave,
  • darned

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Copperplate-printed cotton plain weave,
  • darned

Materials

cotton

Dimensions

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Constance Wharton Smith

Object Number

58.165.123

Type

  • Textiles

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 12: On Further Review

The RISD Museum’s twelfth issue of Manual focuses on uncovering narratives that were once central to objects’ histories but now have been systematically obscured, inadvertently overlooked, or otherwise lost.

Exhibition History

Repair and Design Futures
Oct 05, 2018 – Jun 30, 2019

Label copy

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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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Unknown Maker, English
After George Morland (English, ca. 1763-1804)
Abolitionist Furnishing Textile, early 1800s
Copperplate-printed cotton plain weave; darned
95.3 cm (37 1/2 inches) (length)
Gift of Mrs. Constance Wharton Smith 58.165.123

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