Drawing
ca.1770s (made), late 18th century to early 19th century (made)
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This design for a woven silk dress fabric has been copied onto oiled paper, once transparent but now brown and opaque, that worked like tracing paper. The copied design was then painted in bodycolour. This was a method of reproducing a design and its colour scheme, and was probably done for reference purposes.
The design is for a type of weave known as a tobine in English, and as cannellé in French. A textured, ribbed effect is made by a warp additional to the ground warp, and can be combined with other effects such as brocading. The flowers, leaves, and feather-like shapes in this design were probably intended to be brocaded with coloured silk threads.
The design is for a type of weave known as a tobine in English, and as cannellé in French. A textured, ribbed effect is made by a warp additional to the ground warp, and can be combined with other effects such as brocading. The flowers, leaves, and feather-like shapes in this design were probably intended to be brocaded with coloured silk threads.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | watercolour, paper, drawing |
| Brief description | Design for a woven silk in bodycolour on oiled paper |
| Physical description | Watercolour on paper |
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| Production type | Design |
| Object history | This design was bought on 18 December 1911 from G. Mathias, Jeune in 'Set. no. 9' for 100 francs. It was part of a collection of anonymous original designs many for French textiles, Lyon silks and printed cottons, 18th and early 19th centuries. Registered file 1911/3636 M Inv.E.I.D. 327 |
| Production | This design appears to have been copied from another because the drawing in black chalk is on paper that was once transparent. The design was then painted in bodycolour. |
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| Summary | This design for a woven silk dress fabric has been copied onto oiled paper, once transparent but now brown and opaque, that worked like tracing paper. The copied design was then painted in bodycolour. This was a method of reproducing a design and its colour scheme, and was probably done for reference purposes. The design is for a type of weave known as a tobine in English, and as cannellé in French. A textured, ribbed effect is made by a warp additional to the ground warp, and can be combined with other effects such as brocading. The flowers, leaves, and feather-like shapes in this design were probably intended to be brocaded with coloured silk threads. |
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| Accession number | E.4028-1911 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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