A partnership between Gawthorpe Textiles Collection and Dr Rohini Arora to give an in depth look at two rare and precious examples of embroidery from the Chamba region of India.
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This book comes from Rosebank Mill in Lancashire and dates from 1832. The inside cover features the name Bennet Greig and the name of the mill and the date 25th September 1832. It contains an array of printed dress and furnishing fabrics along with detailed notes about their production. Within the pages are examples of […]
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This book contains mostly printed cotton dress fabrics with a few examples of larger scale prints labelled as ‘furnitures’, which would have been used as household furnishings such as upholstery or curtains. Many of the fabric samples showcase the adoption of innovative new developments in printing technology from the early 19th century. One of the […]
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Exploring the connections between two iconic dyes and the story of William Gatty and his home; Elmfield Hall in Accrington.
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A full-length petticoat made from brightly coloured printed cotton in vibrant Turkey Red, green and yellow. The lower part of the petticoat is quilted in deep wavy bands decorated with narrow braid and each band is filled with down feathers. As well as being a lightweight but incredibly warm garment these down petticoats also had […]
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Patchwork and appliqué cot coverlet made by Nancy Horsfall in 1834. White linen ground with appliqué motifs including stylised leaves or branches, six pointed stars and a four leaf clover like design in the very centre. Around this is a dog tooth or Vandyke border, then a border of pieced patchwork triangles surrounding lozenges arranged […]
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Patchwork and appliqué coverlet made from printed cottons by Nancy Horsfall for her wedding in 1833. The design uses a typical early 19th century frame layout with a central section of finer, smaller scale piecing and appliqué that would have been the most visible part on the flat top of the bed. The edges are […]
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