Rare Arts and Crafts Block Print Peacock Textile, Printed India (for European market) C1890 hand painted border a dove and a book

a dove and a book

The central heraldic monogram is surrounded by a beribboned garland of flowers and is flanked on either side by decorative urns of flowers with pretty striped foliage

1: 123 x 61cm

Decorative tambour work stitching is then added to the whole piece

Rare Arts and Crafts Block Print Peacock Textile, Printed India (for European market) C1890 hand painted border a dove and a bookA block printed textile from the Arts and Crafts era, with peacocks and grapevines. Produced in India for the European market, possibly by G. P. & J Baker, for domestic use as a bedcover or curtain. Printed onto a cotton ground with a seam running down the centre of the textile. In excellent antique condition. Measurements: 234cm (L) x 268cm (W)