Dress Panel
1732-1734 (made)
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Dress panel of brocaded silk. White tabby ground with a floral pattern repeated twice in the width of the silk, with light and dark green leaves, some of them resembling holly leaves and semi-naturalistic flowers in various shades of pink and light blue. Only two colours, the crimson and salmon, are brocaded, the other colours are pattern wefts in changes as required by the pattern.
Tabby ground, the pattern bound in 3/1 twill by a proportion of the warp threads. A dark green weft is continuous throughout the silk, one other pattern weft in each pass is changed in colour as required, giving the back of the silk a stripy effect.
Découpure of 4.
Selvages: 3/16 inch course tabby.
The repeat is longer than the length of the silk.
Tabby ground, the pattern bound in 3/1 twill by a proportion of the warp threads. A dark green weft is continuous throughout the silk, one other pattern weft in each pass is changed in colour as required, giving the back of the silk a stripy effect.
Découpure of 4.
Selvages: 3/16 inch course tabby.
The repeat is longer than the length of the silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk |
| Brief description | Dress panel of brocaded silk, possibly made in the Netherlands, 1732-1734 |
| Physical description | Dress panel of brocaded silk. White tabby ground with a floral pattern repeated twice in the width of the silk, with light and dark green leaves, some of them resembling holly leaves and semi-naturalistic flowers in various shades of pink and light blue. Only two colours, the crimson and salmon, are brocaded, the other colours are pattern wefts in changes as required by the pattern. Tabby ground, the pattern bound in 3/1 twill by a proportion of the warp threads. A dark green weft is continuous throughout the silk, one other pattern weft in each pass is changed in colour as required, giving the back of the silk a stripy effect. Découpure of 4. Selvages: 3/16 inch course tabby. The repeat is longer than the length of the silk. |
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| Credit line | Given by Margaret Simeon |
| Object history | Registered File number 1988/163. The attribution to Holland rather than England rests upon the colouring and the style of drawing. The width would be normal for an English silk. There is no attempt at shading whether by tones or points rentrés, which suggests that it dates from 1732-1734. |
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| Accession number | T.49-1988 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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