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Aquilegia printed cotton (c.1880s)

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Date: c.1880s
Dimensions: 40.7 x 29.2
Object Type: textile
Material: cotton
Technique: block-printed
Catalogue number: F98
Designer: Mackmurdo | Arthur Heygate | 1851 | 1942
Retailer: Century Guild
Manufacturer: Simpson & Godlee
Credit notes: Mackmurdo bequest, 1942

This printed cotton features a repeating pattern with clumps of flowers and aquilegias in brown, red, coral and two shades of ochre on natural ground. As is often the case with Century Guild patterns designed by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, the monogram of ‘CG’ is included in the design.

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