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Dress Fabric

1660s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress fabric of satin brocaded in silver. With a dull purple ground in a satin of 5, and with a dense pattern of regularly undulating stems, leaves and slightly stylised flowers brocaded in silver. The contrasting centres of the flowers have been achieved by means of using the same thread as the rest of the pattern, but with the silver wound more tightly round the silk core. Four floral meanders, silver thread on gold, and with selvedges.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk satin brocaded in silver
Brief description
Dress fabric of satin brocaded in silver, made in France, 1660s.
Physical description
Dress fabric of satin brocaded in silver. With a dull purple ground in a satin of 5, and with a dense pattern of regularly undulating stems, leaves and slightly stylised flowers brocaded in silver. The contrasting centres of the flowers have been achieved by means of using the same thread as the rest of the pattern, but with the silver wound more tightly round the silk core. Four floral meanders, silver thread on gold, and with selvedges.
Dimensions
  • Loom width: 19.25in
  • Loom width: 49cm
  • Height: 41.5in
  • Height: 105.5cm
  • Repeat width: 7.5in
  • Repeat width: 19cm
  • Repeat length: 9in
  • Repeat length: 23cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by the late John Compton
Object history
Registered File number 1985/166.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.132-1985

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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