website content

Fabric printing block

Part of the collection: Fabric printing matrices

Popularization note

Textile printing is an old technique for decorating fabrics, well-known in many parts of the world. The first tools for textile printing were very simple. People made stamps with uncomplicated patterns from easily accessible raw materials such as wood or a potato. Over time, printing blocks with increasingly detailed and elaborate patterns were developed. Stamps for textile printing were often made of two boards: an ornament was engraved in a hard and resistant type of wood on one board, and in a softer and lighter type of wood hollows were carved which served as a handle, and the two boards were joined together. Thanks to this solution the entire tool was relatively light. Printing blocks could have various shapes, depending on their purpose. The most common were square-shaped forms, which were used to cover large areas of fabric. Corners were decorated with quarter-circle shaped blocks. Narrow, rectangular blocks were used to print the edges of the fabric. An example of such a form is a stamp from the ethnographic collection of the National Museum in Szczecin with a floral and geometric ornament, made entirely in wood using woodcarving technique. The pattern consists of two rosettes made of small twigs, arranged alternately with two groups of five-petalled flowers. The pattern is completed by a row of triangles running along one of the longer sides. Such a combination of floral and geometric motifs was common on printing blocks. The stamp comes from the collection of the Pommersches Landesmuseum Stettin.

Information about the object

Information about this object Fabric printing block

Author / creator

unknown
unknown

Dimensions

cały obiekt: height: 5,9 cm, width: 28,8 cm

Object type

matrix

Creation time / dating

1701 — 1900

Creation / finding place

powstanie: Pomorze Zachodnie, region historyczny (Europa); znalezienie: nieznane

Identification number

MNS/E/528

Location / status

object is not displayed now

You might also like:

Add note

Edit note

0/500

strona główna

Privacy settings

We use cookies to make it easier for you to use our website and for statistical purposes. You can manage cookies by changing the settings of your web browser. More information in the Privacy Policy.

Jakiś filtr
Data od:
Era
Wiek:
+
Rok:
+
Data do:
Era
Wiek:
+
Rok:
+