sample;
textile
- Museum number
- Af1934,0307.407
- Description
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Sample of machine plain woven cotton cloth printed by the wax-print method in imitation of batik. It is divided into a series of borders and blocks decorated with geometric and stylised floral patterns in blue, brown and white.
- Production date
- 1900-1913 (between)
- Dimensions
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Length: 90 centimetres
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Width: 89 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- One of a group of samples of wax prints in the Beving collection (Af1934,0307.387 to 427) made by Blakeley & Beving in Manchester for sale in West Africa and Japan. See comment on Af1934,0307.387.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1934
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1934,0307.407
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Af1933A1019