Printing block

Object/Artifact

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Printing block

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.68

Description

Printing block of wood, carved with stylized foliate design. Notched handles carved into edges of reverse face. Some traces of pigment.

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

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

printing blocks (printing surfaces)

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

1 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (3.8 × 16.5 × 14 cm)

Material

Wood

Color

Brown

Location

Box

Box 3 (Brooklyn Museum Collection)

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio