Paul,
Got my curiosity; where is this stuff, how did you get the photo. and when?????
Cheers,
Lance

Where? When? In the background: An OXO label, a container for 'Merlin Farts,' the code OM6T2.
A wooden model on the floor (a four engined design?). Oh. And a rudder and fin of something Bristol-like.

Is it doped, recovered from a captured machine? Or is it 'unused.'

Your insight, Watson..?

This photo is really neat. Notice the black lozenge out line. Now look at the Yellow bleed through (the most obvious) and how out of register it is. This means the black outline was used to set up the other print rollers like an offset printing press.

For those who do not know printing (paper or cloth) Register means the alignment of the of all the colors to make the proper pattern. If you have a four color patern you have a line of four roller printers each with an individual color, and your cloth goes through the line of rollers coming out the end of the line as a complete print. The Linen was probaly preprinted; a single roller with the black pattern, then this pattern roll was fed through the four roller printer and the rollers were adjusted the make sure the proper pattern/color filled the proper black outline.

Why is it out of register? Since looking at the actual print shows it is in color register (all the colors line up) the cloth probably stretched as it went through the printer. And thats the story.

What we also see is the back of the cloth, the actual colors of the inside of a D-VII or VII! how lucky can we be to see this photo. If the photo is displayed hopfully we can see a display that shows both the front and back of the fabric.

Once again maybe too much information.
Irregardless, Enjoy,
Captn Tommy