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Ecclesiastical Fabric

ca. 1908 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ecclesiastical fabric of hand woven silk damask. It has a crimson satin warp face ground with a horizontal repeat of intertwining vine stems. These enclose two pairs of stylised doves and a fine meandering wheat ear stem. They are bordered by the formalised bunches of grapes and vine leaves of the interlocking stems in crimson silk repp. The reverse has a silk repp ground and a satin warp face repeat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hand woven silk damask
Brief description
Ecclesiastical fabric of silk damask, designed by Edmund Hunter and made by St. Edmundsbury Weavers, Hertfordshire, England, ca. 1908
Physical description
Ecclesiastical fabric of hand woven silk damask. It has a crimson satin warp face ground with a horizontal repeat of intertwining vine stems. These enclose two pairs of stylised doves and a fine meandering wheat ear stem. They are bordered by the formalised bunches of grapes and vine leaves of the interlocking stems in crimson silk repp. The reverse has a silk repp ground and a satin warp face repeat.
Dimensions
  • Length: 34.5in
  • Width: 22in
  • Repeat length: 48.2cm
  • Length: 87.6cm
  • Width: 55.8cm
Credit line
Given by Mr J. W. F. Morton
Collection
Accession number
T.159-1973

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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