Vintage Textile Art Print Red Woven Fabric Pattern | Limited Edition

Purchasing one of our limited edition (1/24) life size/facsimile Giclee print offers you a chance to own a piece of textile history. Our ref WB 119 Web Mesh. This limited edition (1/24) Life size art print is a facsimile reproduction of an original point paper from Blackburn, Lancashire, UK. Measuring 49.5cm wide by 81.5cm high internally, the print has an additional 2 cm plain border to facilitate the framer. A unique piece of textile history, once framed & hung, your new artwork will not just be decorative it can be a fabulous topic for discussion. Many of our customers are fascinated about the detail & accuracy of each painted square & love working out how each point/square plays its unique part in transferring its weave to create a woven fabric! Background. WB 119 was produced at Wm Birtwistle (Damask) ltd of Navigation Mill, Great Harwood, Blackburn in the early 1950’s. Mr P. Myerscough was the head designer at this time but there is no indication he painted or cut the cards for this particular simple textured design. The factory had 200 looms, 20 0f which were Jacquard at the time. We know this fabric was woven on their 100 end per inch setting with a thick cotton weft on a viscose warp creating a textured surface matt & shiny effect. With a 6″ width repeat & approx. 10 inch length the overall look would have a basket weave look. The Mill also wove a finer loom setting for fine damask curtains. The business was sold to the Courtaulds group in the 1960’s & closed in 1979. The Mill was demolished several years later. More about our Facsimiles – Life size collection We have tried hard to reproduce accurate reproductions of the original point paper textile documents in our archive. After a high-resolution scan, we have left blemishes, pencil notes & stains when appropriate so that you see the ‘full picture’ that our original industry art depicts. Our specialist printer’s wide width scans are limited to .9m width, which thankfully is usually the maximum width of the individual papers once hand painted on the designer’s drawing tables. Commercial paper width used to determine this width as did a designer’s arm span! in some cases, larger design repeats were drawn on several separate papers & often there may have been 2-6 pieces for one woven design repeat. in fact, some of the specialist 1900’s tapestry point papers we have involved up to 32 pieces to create a large wall hanging tapestry. To create a number of the ‘Life size Art range’ we have joined up each scanned piece on CAD to replicate the detailed ‘Life size’ Art as close to the originals dimensions as possible. Our local hands-on graphic designer uses a Giclee print process with Ultra Chrome EpsonK3 inks. The high-resolution scan facilitates a 1440 dpi output print. The paper is Fujifilm Fine Art Etch Paper 300gsm FUJFILM’s Fine Art Etch Paper is a mould-made, traditional fine art paper with a special matt coating. It has a very mild structured surface & is acid free. Ideal for high