Cowtan and Tout c/o Franklin Cogliano
Oriana
1967-1999
Scroll
Cowtan and Tout c/o Franklin Cogliano
Oriana
1967-1999
Physical Qualities
Cotton, (.1): 130 x 55 3/4 in. (330.2 x 141.6 cm.)
(.2): 75 x 55 3/4 in. (190.5 x 141.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stiles Tuttle Colwill, Lutherville, Maryland
Object Number
2015.301
Floral chintz with multiple bouquets of roses, carnations, and other blooms tied together with blue and gold ribbons in double bow-knots with the ribbons streaming in undulating fashion between the bouquets on an off white ground. The design is printed in eighteen colors (nineteen including the ground color) on a balanced plain-wovencotton ground. Colors include off-white ground, dark pink, medium yellow-green, pink, medium blue-green, light blue, light pink, gold, mint green, violet, blue-grey, light beige, very light pink, light blue, very light green, extremely light gold or beige, extremely light pink, very light green, and, (not represented in the color scheme on the selvage other than in the printed title and as outlines of the circles showing the screens used) is a dark red. Fabric has a slightly stiff hand and soft sheen or glaze.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Stiles Tuttle Colwill, Lutherville
Inscribed: Inscription: Printed on both selvages: [arrow indicating top of design, 19 circles outlined in dark red, (including one without color filled in) indicating colors and screens used] “’ORIANA’ printed in England for COWTAN AND TOUT ©”. Repeat marks at 35 ½”.
