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Dress fabric

Dress fabric

  • Place of origin:

    Lyon, France (possibly, made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1928 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Rodier (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Machine-embroidered silk

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mrs Burder

  • Museum number:

    T.831-1974

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

This length of dress fabric adorned with flower heads and fan shapes has been made into a shawl. It is made of cream silk crêpe that has been machine embroidered in cream silk floss. Rodier manufactured it about 1928. The firm had a reputation for creating eye-catching woven textures, usually in monochrome or subtle hues. They were best known for woollen goods. Rodier exhibited dress fabrics with African motifs at the Paris Exhibition of Decorative Arts of 1925. This reflects the contemporary demand for so-called primitive and abstract schemes.

Physical description

Dress fabric of machine-embroidered silk made into a shawl. Cream silk crêpe embroidered in cream floss silk with an abstract design of 6 vertical chevron bands with ray devices and stylised flower heads. 4 inch wide selvage border are left unembroidered. The fabric is bound along the top and bottom edges with a slightly heavier silk crépe to make an evening shawl.

Place of Origin

Lyon, France (possibly, made)

Date

ca. 1928 (made)

Artist/maker

Rodier (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Machine-embroidered silk

Dimensions

Length: 51 in, Width: 42.75 in, Length: 129.5 cm, Width: 108.5 cm

Descriptive line

Dress fabric of machine-embroidered silk made into a shawl, manufactured by Roider, possibly made in Lyon, ca. 1928

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Samuels, Charlotte. Art Deco Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2003. Plate 37.

Materials

Silk crepe; Floss

Techniques

Weaving; Embroidering

Categories

Textiles; Embroidery; Fashion

Collection code

T&F

Qr_O66979
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