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Notes on this view:

This is a late 19th or early 20th century example of a photographic print on silk using the salted "paper" process. Interest in printing photographs on fabric extends almost as far back as the invention of photography itself. Early photographers experimenting with photographic processes extended their interest to printing on fabric as an alternative surface. There are early accounts of printing on silk in addition to wood, glass, and ivory, among other surfaces and fabrics. In addition, patents were taken out to provide instructions for printing on fabric. Many of these processes were made with slightly different chemicals than those used in the salted paper technique.

Printing on fabrics continued throughout the second half of the 19th century and photographic paper manufacturers began selling pre-sensitized fabric. The technique declined in popularity towards the end of the 1800s but experienced a resurgence at the turn of the century in connection with the Arts and Crafts Movement. Additional patents were taken out during the time to improve the process.