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Kenilworth

Furnishing Fabric
1923 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of triple-pile velvet. The design is inspired by a 15th or 16th century velvet with a pineapple and meandering branch design. Woven in black and a mixture of black and golden-yellow silk on a golden-yellow silk ground in three layers of pile. The pile is woven into a foundation of black, yellow and bright pink-red silk which is woven in a flat web at either end. There are wide selvedges of black striped at the edge with cream.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKenilworth
Materials and techniques
Velvet
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Kenilworth' of triple-pile velvet, woven by W. Watson, Warner and Sons, Great Britain, 1923
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of triple-pile velvet. The design is inspired by a 15th or 16th century velvet with a pineapple and meandering branch design. Woven in black and a mixture of black and golden-yellow silk on a golden-yellow silk ground in three layers of pile. The pile is woven into a foundation of black, yellow and bright pink-red silk which is woven in a flat web at either end. There are wide selvedges of black striped at the edge with cream.
Dimensions
  • Repeat length: 30.25in
  • Repeat length: 76.9cm
  • Length: 148in
  • Width: 25in
  • Between selvedges length: 23.75in
  • Between selvedges length: 60.3cm
  • Length: 375.5cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'PATENTED / ENGLAND NO. 12357 / AMERICA US NO. 29175 / FRANCE NO. 477010 / ITALY NO. 213/631 / & OTHER COUNTRIES / 62535' (Stamped on the back at either end, except that the last number is not repeated on one end)
Credit line
Given by Warner and Sons
Production
Constructed and coloured by Sir Frank Warner.
Collection
Accession number
T.196-1972

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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