This is a deep and small overall piece in cotton and wool, with two attached paper labels. It represents a geometric repeated pattern: in the upper and the bottom parts, four lozenges follow each other, and each one contain a sort of green cross. The lozenges' backgrounds are alternatively black and beige. The top frieze and the bottom frieze are joined by their points, and the extra space is filled by another kind of cross, light orange with four branches.
The French title means Black prince.
textiles
samples
fragments
cotton (textile)
wool (textile)
printing (process)
geometric patterns
Sample, Material
Sample, Material
00190815 WW/ FABRIC DESIGN C/ Brunschwig & Fils/ NO. 190819.00/ 15 REPEAT/ 51 WIDE/ PRINCE NOIR TAPESTRY/ BLACK AND GREEN/ NEW YORK (Label 1)
COTTON 74%/ WOOL 26% [illegible] (Label 1)
NOTICE/ THIS IS A/ 5-DAY/ LOAN/ SAMPLE/ This valuable sample must be/ returned within 5 days or it will be/ invoiced to you./ Please retain all receipts for your/ records./ Thank you for your cooperation./ Brunschwig & Fils (Label 2)
DATE BORROWED/ OCT 25 1988 TS/ SEP 7 1988 BI/ SEP 5 1988 U (Label 2)
Prince Noir
455.1
Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.
13 1/2 x 12 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Jane C. Nylander
2012.126.45
1980-2008 (Brunschwig was founded in 1891, and Brunschwig & Fils was founded in 1900.)
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