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Humeral veil
- Place of origin:
England (made)
- Date:
1740-1743 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Brocaded silk satin with gold threads and silk fringe
- Museum number:
T.73-1986
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Humeral veil in cream silk satin brocaded with a floral design in gold filé and frisé threads, and bordered with green and yellow silk fringe. Large formal leaves and flowers take up the full width of the silk. The repeat is long but divided so that two similar but not identical motifs succeed one another.
Place of Origin
England (made)
Date
1740-1743 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Brocaded silk satin with gold threads and silk fringe
Dimensions
Length: 100.75 in including fringe, Length: 255.7 cm including fringe, Width: 21 in including fringe, Width: 53.4 cm including fringe, Height: 30.5 in, Height: 77.5 cm, Width: 20.5 in single comber, loom width, Width: 52.1 cm single comber, loom width, Weight: 0.68 kg
Object history note
Purchased. Registered File number 1986/211. The pattern used is very similar to those of Anna Maria Garthwaite.
Brocaded Tabby: neatly all the binding warp threads have worn away and are only visible as a diagonal line on the brocading. The binding appears to have been a 3/1 twill made by a proportion of the ground warp threads, perhaps every 4th. Decoupure: 6.
Descriptive line
Humeral veil in silk satin brocaded with gold filé and frisé threads, made in England, 1740-1743
Production Note
Possibly Spitalfields; trimming possibly made up ca. 1900-1925
Materials
Silk (textile); Gold thread
Techniques
Brocaded; Satin
Subjects depicted
Leaves; Flowers; Catholicism
Categories
Textiles; Ecclesiastical textiles
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection