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Tablecloth

1887 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dickens & Jones (retailer)
Place of origin
Belfast (made)
Dunfermline (made)

Complex ornamental design with central repeating oval cartouches with portraits of Queen Victoria. Border designs of St. George's and St. Andrew's crosses with other shields and devices. Corner borders of various ferns and other vegetation with Britannia, flags and shields depicting and symbolising the British colonies. These include pagodas, elephants, tigers, ostriches and stags with representations of Indian, Canadian and Australian landscapes and vegetation.
Part of a set. See T.508: 2 to 3-2002.


Object details

Category
Scotland
Object type
Tablecloth
Materials and techniques
Linen damask
Linen
Weaving
Brief description
Tablecloth, linen damask, Dickens & Jones, British, 1887
Physical description
Complex ornamental design with central repeating oval cartouches with portraits of Queen Victoria. Border designs of St. George's and St. Andrew's crosses with other shields and devices. Corner borders of various ferns and other vegetation with Britannia, flags and shields depicting and symbolising the British colonies. These include pagodas, elephants, tigers, ostriches and stags with representations of Indian, Canadian and Australian landscapes and vegetation.
Part of a set. See T.508: 2 to 3-2002.
Dimensions
  • Length: 305cm
  • Width: 427cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Dickens & Jones' (Retailer's identification; Woven)
  • '1887 Jubilee' (Date; Woven)
  • 'Pattern: 1887. No. 25553. C&H Dickens & Jones, 282 Regent St. , London. 10 x 14.' (Label; Paper)
Object history
The seller deals in linen damask at Greenwich market.

Historical significance: Made for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887.
Subject depicted
Victoria (Queen of Great Britain)
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.508:1-2002

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Record createdJanuary 10, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O72856/tablecloth-dickens--jones/
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