Details
Title Oriental Print Works, Apponaug, R.I. [graphic].
Publisher New York: Boston: American Bank Note Co
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1860
Publisher MA. Boston. 1860
Date [ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; 18 x 12 cm. (7 x 4.5 in.)
Description Textile label showing a scene in India. Shows a prince transported by elephant and attended by a guard armed with a sword and on horseback. A driver (mahout) rides on the neck of the elephant that is also guided by another man servant. Also shows a man smoking a hookah, an ox-driven carriage, and majestic, domed buildings. Alfred Reed and Albert Boit established the Oriental Print Works circa 1857 in Apponaug Village in Warwick, Rhode Island. The firm ceased operations in 1883.
Notes Printed and stamped on recto: No. Yds. 44.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject Oriental Print Works.
Textile industry -- Rhode Island -- Warwick.
Geographic subject India -- Pictorial works.
Genre Textile labels -- 1850-1860.
Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.107]
Accession number P.2011.10.107