Christening Blanket
ca. 1750 (made)
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Christening blanket made of two joined widths of white, ribbed, watered silk with a symmetrical floral design formed by floats bound in satin. The widths are not well joined with regard to the pattern and have been pieced at one end, suggesting they had a previous use. The panel which they form is lined with white silk taffeta and edged with a white silk fringe, applied to hang downwards at top and bottom and inwards at the sides of the blanket.
The silk is in heavy rib with a proportion of the warp used to form the pattern bound in a coarse satin. The watering has taken well on the rib and casts a watered 'shadow' on one side of the woven design. Height of repeat, 231/4". Loom width 19" between selvedges, which are approx. 1/4".
The fringe is made from decorative loops of white silk gimp and hangs a 21/4" looped fringe of untwisted silk, knotted at intervals. Some four inches apart are hangers consisting of four bundles of looped, twisted and piled white silk.
The silk is in heavy rib with a proportion of the warp used to form the pattern bound in a coarse satin. The watering has taken well on the rib and casts a watered 'shadow' on one side of the woven design. Height of repeat, 231/4". Loom width 19" between selvedges, which are approx. 1/4".
The fringe is made from decorative loops of white silk gimp and hangs a 21/4" looped fringe of untwisted silk, knotted at intervals. Some four inches apart are hangers consisting of four bundles of looped, twisted and piled white silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Ribbed and watered silk, satin, taffeta, fringe |
| Brief description | Silk christening blanket, Spitalfields, England, ca. 1950. |
| Physical description | Christening blanket made of two joined widths of white, ribbed, watered silk with a symmetrical floral design formed by floats bound in satin. The widths are not well joined with regard to the pattern and have been pieced at one end, suggesting they had a previous use. The panel which they form is lined with white silk taffeta and edged with a white silk fringe, applied to hang downwards at top and bottom and inwards at the sides of the blanket. The silk is in heavy rib with a proportion of the warp used to form the pattern bound in a coarse satin. The watering has taken well on the rib and casts a watered 'shadow' on one side of the woven design. Height of repeat, 231/4". Loom width 19" between selvedges, which are approx. 1/4". The fringe is made from decorative loops of white silk gimp and hangs a 21/4" looped fringe of untwisted silk, knotted at intervals. Some four inches apart are hangers consisting of four bundles of looped, twisted and piled white silk. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lord Cowdray |
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| Accession number | T.190-1970 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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