Dress Fabric
1749-1750 (made)
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Dress fabric of brocaded silk taffeta with an additional flushing weft. Buff ground with a self-coloured flush pattern of zig-zag panels on which is brocaded a floral pattern with one large and two small sprays. The design has a drop reverse repeat which is over 34.5 inches. The scale is still life size.
Decoupure 6. Warp 3744 warp threads. Cords in design: 624.
Decoupure 6. Warp 3744 warp threads. Cords in design: 624.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk taffeta |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk taffeta, made in Spitalfields, 1749-1750 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk taffeta with an additional flushing weft. Buff ground with a self-coloured flush pattern of zig-zag panels on which is brocaded a floral pattern with one large and two small sprays. The design has a drop reverse repeat which is over 34.5 inches. The scale is still life size. Decoupure 6. Warp 3744 warp threads. Cords in design: 624. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Zoe Read, in memory of her parents Ferdinand M. G. Bonnaud ARCA and Hilda Bonnaud |
| Object history | Registered File number 1986/85. The style of the pattern is not that of Anna Maria Garthwaite but it is evident from her designs that the pronounced zig-zag sub-patterns came in during these years. The restriction in the number of different types of flowers also seem to date from then. The buff colour was very fashionable then. The high number of cords and the use of an extra flushing weft indicate that this was an expensive silk. |
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| Accession number | T.105-1986 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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