Wood blocks for printing English chintz and calico designs, result 1 of 1

Wood blocks for printing English chintz and calico designs

Square Textile printing block

Textiles Machinery

1750-1830

England

boxwood; metal; oak

overall: .3 x 1 x .6 m

23 wood blocks for printing chintz and calico with English designs typical of the period, by unknown maker, England, 1750-1830. Each block consists of a mahogany or oak base with a thin face of more expensive boxwood. The pattern is drawn on reverse on the boxwood and then cut. By about 1900 block printing had largely been superceded by rotary printing.

1875-41 - https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co237104

co237104

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