Content: Foxing on image. Printed on border: "Calico printing. The art of producing figured patterns upon cotton by colored substances." "Four different modes are in use for printing figures upon calico : the oldest is by wooden blocks, on the face of which the design is cut, which are worked by hand. The wood-blocks measure about twelve inches by seven." "One block can only print one color..." Includes additional text.
Source Note: Hand-book of the useful arts. (New York : George P. Putnam, 1852) Antisell, Thomas (1817- 1893), Author.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 20 x 13 cm. (7 3/4 x 5 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17241404
Barcode: 33333159407010
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c7def8b0-c564-012f-4150-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1852

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Calico printing by the block" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1852. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7def8b0-c564-012f-4150-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1852). Calico printing by the block Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7def8b0-c564-012f-4150-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Calico printing by the block" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7def8b0-c564-012f-4150-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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