KLINT brown

Repeat: 5 x 5,5 cm.  Width 145 cm.

Hem facing band from Underpetticoat 1780-1800. Chester County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society 00/76CLF 186 B. Printed linen, brown on off-white ground

Printed fabrics were often used as linings and, as in this petticoat, as decorative and functional facings. The brown colour was considered as appropriate humble by the Quaker families who used this garment. Brownish black, brown and shades of red was the pigments that best fitted the 18th century printing technology. These colours dominate the early prints.

Width of stripe 5,1 cm. Litterture: Fitting and proper Sharon Ann Burnston 2002