Dress Fabric

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Spitalfields (made)

Dress fabric of white silk damask. The design consists of flowers and leaves on long and thin stems. Some of the flowers are similar to those of the convolvulus, daisies and canterbury bells. There is one repeat in the width of the fabric. The length of the repeat is such that there would only be one repeat in the length of any dress made from the fabric. The textiles were originally part of a dress.

Damask satin of 5. Selvedges: 1 green and 1 white stripe woven in satin; 1 green and 1 white stripe woven in tabby; 3 outer cordonnets; width 0.19 inch.

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Categories	Textiles Clothing
Object type	Dress fabric
Materials and techniques	Silk damask
Brief description	Dress fabric of silk damask, Spitalfields, London, 1746-1750
Physical description	Dress fabric of white silk damask. The design consists of flowers and leaves on long and thin stems. Some of the flowers are similar to those of the convolvulus, daisies and canterbury bells. There is one repeat in the width of the fabric. The length of the repeat is such that there would only be one repeat in the length of any dress made from the fabric. The textiles were originally part of a dress. Damask satin of 5. Selvedges: 1 green and 1 white stripe woven in satin; 1 green and 1 white stripe woven in tabby; 3 outer cordonnets; width 0.19 inch.
Dimensions	Repeat length: 42.75in Between selvedges width: 19.375in Selvedge width: 0.19in Height: 45.5in Width: 20in
Credit line	Given by Miss M. Frobisher
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.39A-1962

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O261862/dress-fabric-unknown/

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