Skirt Panel

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Spitalfields (manufactured)

Skirt panel of brocaded silk consisting of several pieces. It is brocaded with coloured silks on an off white ground with a flush pattern. The design consists of bunches of flowers linked by string and tied in loose bows. The string is purple and yellow and the flowers are pale yellow, purple, tan and pink with leaves in two shades of green.

It has a tabby ground, the brocaded wefts are unbound and the flush pattern is formed by an interruption of the ground weave.

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Categories	Textiles Womenswear Fashion Europeana Fashion Project
Object type	Skirt panel
Materials and techniques	Brocaded silk
Brief description	Skirt panel of brocaded silk, Spitalfields, London 1743-1744
Physical description	Skirt panel of brocaded silk consisting of several pieces. It is brocaded with coloured silks on an off white ground with a flush pattern. The design consists of bunches of flowers linked by string and tied in loose bows. The string is purple and yellow and the flowers are pale yellow, purple, tan and pink with leaves in two shades of green. It has a tabby ground, the brocaded wefts are unbound and the flush pattern is formed by an interruption of the ground weave.
Dimensions	Height: 47in (maximum) Width: 28.25in (maximum)
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.423-1977

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O317577/skirt-panel-unknown/

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