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Table Cloth

1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Table cloth of linen damask. On a pedestal in the centre is a tall two-handled vase containing roses, poppies, lilac and convolvulus. Around this is a convolvulus stem, thick at the bottom and thinning towards the top. To either side of this a similar but smaller open wreath surround a small vase of flowers, and at either end of the field is a large shallow vase filled with fruit. The rest of the field is filled with scattered floral sprays.

A broad border of roses, lilac and convolvulus with baskets of grapes at the corners, and an outer band of acanthus meander is broken in the centre of all four sides by a flat pedestal supporting pomegranates and grapes, and an asymmetrical vase containing fruit and flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Linen damask
Brief description
Table cloth of linen damask, made by Corry, Blain & Co., Belfast, 1851
Physical description
Table cloth of linen damask. On a pedestal in the centre is a tall two-handled vase containing roses, poppies, lilac and convolvulus. Around this is a convolvulus stem, thick at the bottom and thinning towards the top. To either side of this a similar but smaller open wreath surround a small vase of flowers, and at either end of the field is a large shallow vase filled with fruit. The rest of the field is filled with scattered floral sprays.

A broad border of roses, lilac and convolvulus with baskets of grapes at the corners, and an outer band of acanthus meander is broken in the centre of all four sides by a flat pedestal supporting pomegranates and grapes, and an asymmetrical vase containing fruit and flowers.
Dimensions
  • Length: 142.75in
  • Width: 92in
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Knocker' (Inscription in ink)
  • 'Mr Ja Kerr 1862' (Inscription in ink)
Credit line
Given by Miss W. V. Knocker
Collection
Accession number
T.318-1971

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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