Not currently on display at the V&A

Furnishing Fabric

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of woven silk, irregularly shaped and of jacquard woven silk. The design, of which only a small part is visible, shows a repeating design of flower heads and curving leaves in shades of green and white on a bright green ground. Each flower petal and leaf has a subsidiary figuring in silk of stripes, dots, or other small-scale repeating pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Jacquard woven silk
Brief description
Furnishing fabric of woven silk, designed by the Silver Studios, possibly woven in France, ca. 1900
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of woven silk, irregularly shaped and of jacquard woven silk. The design, of which only a small part is visible, shows a repeating design of flower heads and curving leaves in shades of green and white on a bright green ground. Each flower petal and leaf has a subsidiary figuring in silk of stripes, dots, or other small-scale repeating pattern.
Dimensions
  • Length: 13.75in
  • Width: 4in
Credit line
Given by Miss Mary Peerless
Production
Register originally noted sample was woven in Northern France
Collection
Accession number
T.170-1979

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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