Dress Fabric
ca. 1747 (made)
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Dress fabric of brocaded silk. Brocaded gros de tours ground, with a binding warp taken from the ground for the metal thread, and the metal thread is bound in 3/1 twill. Three main warp threads and one binding warp thread. About 176 warp threads to the inch. Découpure of 5. Approx. 540 cords in the design.
Light coffee coloured ground. The stem is of silver-gilt thread, and the flowers, leaves and rose stems are emerald green. Rose buds are light pink and reddish pink. The fruit are black, deep blue, light blue and the centre is clinquant and silver. The lowest fruit is buff and white, heart-shaped flowers in pink, hanging berries in pink and brown. Convolvulus in two shades of pink, brown, silver filé and clinquant. Shaggy flower in blues, white and black.
Light coffee coloured ground. The stem is of silver-gilt thread, and the flowers, leaves and rose stems are emerald green. Rose buds are light pink and reddish pink. The fruit are black, deep blue, light blue and the centre is clinquant and silver. The lowest fruit is buff and white, heart-shaped flowers in pink, hanging berries in pink and brown. Convolvulus in two shades of pink, brown, silver filé and clinquant. Shaggy flower in blues, white and black.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk with metal thread |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk, Spitalfields, London, ca. 1747 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk. Brocaded gros de tours ground, with a binding warp taken from the ground for the metal thread, and the metal thread is bound in 3/1 twill. Three main warp threads and one binding warp thread. About 176 warp threads to the inch. Découpure of 5. Approx. 540 cords in the design. Light coffee coloured ground. The stem is of silver-gilt thread, and the flowers, leaves and rose stems are emerald green. Rose buds are light pink and reddish pink. The fruit are black, deep blue, light blue and the centre is clinquant and silver. The lowest fruit is buff and white, heart-shaped flowers in pink, hanging berries in pink and brown. Convolvulus in two shades of pink, brown, silver filé and clinquant. Shaggy flower in blues, white and black. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Benjamin Ginsburg |
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| Accession number | T.103-1968 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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