Printing block

Object/Artifact

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Printing block

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.69

Description

Printing block of wood, carved with lyre (or scrolled vines) and conventional flower and case motif.

Category

Tools

Acquisition

Accession

2025.9

Source or Donor

Brooklyn Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown maker

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

Reverse face

Language

English

Material/Technique

Ink

Notes

Written in black ink on woven label adhered to reverse face: "X494 LSU / Printing Block"

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

printing blocks (printing surfaces)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

3/4 × 3 3/4 × 6 1/8 in. (1.9 × 9.5 × 15.6 cm)

Material

Wood

Color

Brown

Location

Box

Box 3 (Brooklyn Museum Collection)

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio