Not currently on display at the V&A

Dress Fabric

ca. 1745 - ca. 1747 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Panel brocaded with sprays of flowers in shades of pink, blue, yellow and brown with stems and leaves in shades of green and brown on a cream ground. The pattern consists of a large central spray with groups of four smaller sprays of red and yellow buds above and below it. There are also sprays of blue flowers, and two separate pink buds to each side of the central spray. Each spray of flowers is depicted as being tied with a piece of cream coloured ribbon. Also embroidered in cream coloured silk are flowers, seed pods and decorative sprays. On either side of the central spray are three narrow, self coloured stripes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk
Brief description
Brocaded silk panel, England (Spitalfields), ca. 1745 - ca. 1747
Physical description
Panel brocaded with sprays of flowers in shades of pink, blue, yellow and brown with stems and leaves in shades of green and brown on a cream ground. The pattern consists of a large central spray with groups of four smaller sprays of red and yellow buds above and below it. There are also sprays of blue flowers, and two separate pink buds to each side of the central spray. Each spray of flowers is depicted as being tied with a piece of cream coloured ribbon. Also embroidered in cream coloured silk are flowers, seed pods and decorative sprays. On either side of the central spray are three narrow, self coloured stripes.
Dimensions
  • Width: 20in
  • Length: 24in
The repeating pattern is 2 inches wide and the width of the selvages is 0.1 inches.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Craig Waller
Object history
Registered File number 1963/1747
Historical context
The donor states that the panel once formed part of a dress belonging to Elizabeth Nain who married James Innes of Knotts Green, Leyton in about 1783. and died in 1828 aged 66. The panel had subsequently descended into the donor's mothers family.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
King, D British Textile Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tokyo, 1980, vol I, colour plate 195.
Collection
Accession number
T.138-1963

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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