Zodiac
Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1920 (made)
ca. 1920 (made)
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Furnishing fabric tissue of silk woven with gold thread. With a design of radiating sun rays flanked at four corners by various signs of the Zodiac including the Scorpion, Water-Carrier, Lion, Goat and Ram, with each one contained in a circular but unenclosed medallion. Each motif is symmetrically arranged in horizontal and vertical rows. Woven in gold thread on a dark blue ground.
Object details
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| Title | Zodiac |
| Materials and techniques | Silk, woven with gold thread |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric tissue 'Zodiac' of silk woven with gold thread, designed by Edmund Hunter for St. Edmundsbury Weavers, Great Britain, ca. 1920 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric tissue of silk woven with gold thread. With a design of radiating sun rays flanked at four corners by various signs of the Zodiac including the Scorpion, Water-Carrier, Lion, Goat and Ram, with each one contained in a circular but unenclosed medallion. Each motif is symmetrically arranged in horizontal and vertical rows. Woven in gold thread on a dark blue ground. |
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| Credit line | Given by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd. |
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| Accession number | T.156-1953 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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