Dress Fabric
1780s (made)
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This fabric is a brocaded silk satin, and was intended for ladies' gowns. The technique of brocading allowed different colours to be introduced into the pattern of a fabric in specific, sometimes very small areas. It was a more laborious process for the weaver than using patterning wefts running from selvedge to selvedge, but the resulting effect could be much more varied and lively.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded satin with a foot-figured (liseré) ground |
| Brief description | Length of brocaded satin dress fabric, cream with blue flowers, Spitalfields, 1780s |
| Physical description | A length of silk with a cream satin ground with a tiny repeating floral motif woven with polycrhome silk brocading wefts. The repeat consists of a blue rose with green leaves and stem, surrounded by tiny yellow and red flowers each with a green leaf. A smaller brocaded motif consists of yellow, red and black flowers with green leaves. The selvedges bear three pink stripes and one narrower one. The satin ground is foot-figured by floats of the ground weft (liseré effect). |
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| Summary | This fabric is a brocaded silk satin, and was intended for ladies' gowns. The technique of brocading allowed different colours to be introduced into the pattern of a fabric in specific, sometimes very small areas. It was a more laborious process for the weaver than using patterning wefts running from selvedge to selvedge, but the resulting effect could be much more varied and lively. |
| Associated object | T.168-1962 (Colourway) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.11-2005 |
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| Record created | April 6, 2005 |
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