Printing block

Object/Artifact

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Printing block

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.66

Description

Printing block of wood, carved with motif of a pair of flowering fruit, mirrored, with stylized vine below. Notched handle carved into reverse face, attached to carved face with single nail.

Category

Tools

Acquisition

Accession

2025.9

Source or Donor

Brooklyn Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown maker

Time Period

18th Century

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

Outer face

Language

English

Material/Technique

Ink

Notes

Written in black ink on woven label adhered to outer face: "#8910 / 4 wooden blocks"

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

printing blocks (printing surfaces)

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

1 5/8 × 9 5/8 × 4 7/8 in. (4.1 × 24.4 × 12.4 cm)

Material

Wood, Metal

Color

Brown

Location

Box

Box 3 (Brooklyn Museum Collection)

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio