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Image © National Museums Scotland with kind permission of Coats plc
View full screenTwo samples of handkerchief designs with geometric and abstract patterns, the first has a squared filling design with star shapes and an undulating border, the second has an elliptical border and abstract floral motif in the filling, the white areas were produced by the lead plate discharge process and then the black detail was overprinted, part of the Turkey Red Collection: Scottish, Dunbartonshire, by John Orr Ewing and Co., pre 1866
A.1962.1266.25.639
Textile / sample, Handkerchief / design
John Orr Ewing and Co., Manufacturer
Dunbartonshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Pre 1866
Turkey Red Collection
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