The Quaint and Grotesque in Cotton Designing
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A 1899 Magazine of Art article by Frederick Dolman on how Manchester designers create printed cotton patterns for Eastern and other export markets. It describes the studios of Joseph Waterhouse, the demands of markets such as India, Turkey, Persia, China, Japan and Zanzibar, and religious restrictions on depicting living creatures. It also credits the Manchester Municipal Art School with training the designers. Illustrations show sample prints labeled for India, Constantinople, Persia, Zanzibar, China, Java and Singapore.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1899
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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