Dress Fabric
1747-1749 (made)
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Dress fabric of brocaded silk with a cream tabby ground and brocaded with a central spray of flowers including carnations at the top and pink lilies of the valley below. Fine smaller sprigs are scattered around. The pattern is reversed in each repeat. Part of the design is self-coloured made by an interruption of the ground weave, so that the warp threads float on the back in these areas. The brocaded wefts are unbound but the self-coloured pattern is bound in 3/1 twill by a proportion of the ground warp threads. This gives the fabric some stability in these areas. The selvage is plain tabby, one outer cord and 0.375 inches (0.9525 cms) wide.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk with a tabby ground |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk, made in Spitalfields, 1747-1749 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk with a cream tabby ground and brocaded with a central spray of flowers including carnations at the top and pink lilies of the valley below. Fine smaller sprigs are scattered around. The pattern is reversed in each repeat. Part of the design is self-coloured made by an interruption of the ground weave, so that the warp threads float on the back in these areas. The brocaded wefts are unbound but the self-coloured pattern is bound in 3/1 twill by a proportion of the ground warp threads. This gives the fabric some stability in these areas. The selvage is plain tabby, one outer cord and 0.375 inches (0.9525 cms) wide. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Antique Textile Company |
| Object history | Registered File number 1983/2220. |
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| Accession number | T.76-1986 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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