Not currently on display at the V&A

Dress Fabric

1640-1670 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress fabric of figured silk satin, woven in colours on a cream-coloured ground. Horizontal rows of large flowers in green alternating with rows of smaller flowers in blue and yellow, all on curving foliated stem.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Polychrome figured silk satin
Brief description
Dress fabric, polychrome figured silk satin, possibly France, 1640-70.
Physical description
Dress fabric of figured silk satin, woven in colours on a cream-coloured ground. Horizontal rows of large flowers in green alternating with rows of smaller flowers in blue and yellow, all on curving foliated stem.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.5in
  • Width: 6.375in
Object history
Purchased. Registered File number 82182/1903.
Production
Attributed to Italy when acquired.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
84-1903

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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