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Elstree

Furnishing Fabric
1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of silk twill satin. The black satin ground is covered with a small repeating pattern of leaves and flowers in brown-olive silk which looks like gold in some lights. Details of the flowers are picked out in bands of purple, deep yellow, bright pinky-red and pale pink.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleElstree
Materials and techniques
Silk twill satin
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Elstree' in silk satin, designed by Bruce James Talbert, made by Warner and Sons, Spitalfields, 1875
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of silk twill satin. The black satin ground is covered with a small repeating pattern of leaves and flowers in brown-olive silk which looks like gold in some lights. Details of the flowers are picked out in bands of purple, deep yellow, bright pinky-red and pale pink.
Dimensions
  • Length: 35.25in
  • Width: 62.75in
  • Repeat height: 7.5in
  • Repeat width: 7in
Marks and inscriptions
'No. 2306 [underlined] / 92104 / Yds. 1-63 ins. / Colour. Black, Olive / Design. Elstree' (On a Warner Registry label)
Credit line
Given by Warner and Sons Ltd
Production
Made by Warner and Ramm.
Collection
Accession number
T.147-1972

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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