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Table Cloth

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woven cotton table cloth. Jacquard woven cloth showing a repeating design with border decoration with a woollen fringe.

Woven in shades of blue, yellow, green and white, and the central design shows a small-scale blue and white chequereboard in which is repeated a motif in half drop of two lemons with leaves and stems. The border shows a repeating design of curving stems with two large stylised square roses in yellow and with green leaves. There are outer guard stripes of yellow and white with a blue border edge.

The fringe consists of plain blue wool sewn to the edge and crossed to form a lattice work effect.

The pattern colours are contained in the warp of the fabric, the weft consisting of alternate yellow and blue cottons with a fine black binding warp.



Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Jacquard woven cotton and wool
Brief description
Table cloth in Jacquard woven cotton and wool, made by Alexander Morton & Co., Great Britain, ca. 1900
Physical description
Woven cotton table cloth. Jacquard woven cloth showing a repeating design with border decoration with a woollen fringe.

Woven in shades of blue, yellow, green and white, and the central design shows a small-scale blue and white chequereboard in which is repeated a motif in half drop of two lemons with leaves and stems. The border shows a repeating design of curving stems with two large stylised square roses in yellow and with green leaves. There are outer guard stripes of yellow and white with a blue border edge.

The fringe consists of plain blue wool sewn to the edge and crossed to form a lattice work effect.

The pattern colours are contained in the warp of the fabric, the weft consisting of alternate yellow and blue cottons with a fine black binding warp.

Dimensions
  • Width: 62.5in
  • Length: 78in
  • Width: 158.9cm
  • Width: 198cm
Collection
Accession number
T.253-1982

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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