Not currently on display at the V&A

Textile

ca. 1840-1865 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Textile of brocaded silk. The design consists of flowers in dark and light blue on an off-white ground with a self-coloured design of strapwork ornament. The details in pale blue are brocaded and the dark blue is a pattern weft. The strapwork ornament is woven in satin shaded with floats of the white ground weft. The ground is woven in tabby.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk, tabby
Brief description
Textile of brocaded silk, England, ca. 1840-1865
Physical description
Textile of brocaded silk. The design consists of flowers in dark and light blue on an off-white ground with a self-coloured design of strapwork ornament. The details in pale blue are brocaded and the dark blue is a pattern weft. The strapwork ornament is woven in satin shaded with floats of the white ground weft. The ground is woven in tabby.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21in
  • Width: 35.75in
  • Repeat length: 17.125in
  • Repeat width: 8.75in
Object history
Formerly AP.326:3
Collection
Accession number
T.32-1959

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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