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Furnishing Fabric

1875-1880 (designed), 1875-1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is an example of woven woollen furnishing showing a very typical Aesthetic pattern of sunflowers and willow leaves, probably designed in the studio of B. J. Talbert, one of the leading furniture and textile designers of the day. The high quality of the textile and type of technique suggests it was woven by the Halifax makers Ward who produced a range of Aesthetic textiles from many leading designers. The design and technique is very similar to examples acquired from J. W. and C. Ward in 1953 and attributed at that time to Talbert.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk and wool, jacquard woven in a triple cloth technique
Brief description
Furnishing textile, woven silk and wool fabric with willow leaf and flower pattern on stripe and sunflower ground, probably designed by B.J. Talbert and made by J.W.& C. Ward of Halifax, 1875-1880
Physical description
A woven silk and wool furnishing fabric (not a full loom width) showing a green ground covered with a trailing willow leaf with occasional flowers in brown, maroon and blue. The ground has repeating vertical stripes at 20cm intervals in gold with large sunflower design in maroon and brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75cm
  • Width: 96cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Michael Whiteway
Subjects depicted
Summary
This is an example of woven woollen furnishing showing a very typical Aesthetic pattern of sunflowers and willow leaves, probably designed in the studio of B. J. Talbert, one of the leading furniture and textile designers of the day. The high quality of the textile and type of technique suggests it was woven by the Halifax makers Ward who produced a range of Aesthetic textiles from many leading designers. The design and technique is very similar to examples acquired from J. W. and C. Ward in 1953 and attributed at that time to Talbert.
Collection
Accession number
T.266-2004

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Record createdSeptember 5, 2005
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