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Artist/Maker	R. Atkinson & Co. (maker)
Place of origin	Dublin (City) (made)

Sample of poplin of white silk and worsted with additional pattern wefts of coloured silks and metal strip, described in 1851 as "Brocaded and gold-barred Irish Poplin, with rose, thistle and shamrock coloured to nature".

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Categories	Access_to_Images 2003 Textiles Great Exhibition SCRAN
Object type	Sample
Materials and techniques	Poplin of white silk and worsted with additional pattern wefts of coloured silks and metal strip
Brief description	Sample of poplin of white silk and worsted, made by R. Atkinson & Co. in Dublin ca. 1851.
Physical description	Sample of poplin of white silk and worsted with additional pattern wefts of coloured silks and metal strip, described in 1851 as "Brocaded and gold-barred Irish Poplin, with rose, thistle and shamrock coloured to nature".
Subjects depicted	Rose Thistle Shamrock
Bibliographic references	Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999. Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nation 1851. London : Spicer Bros., 1851 Class XV, No. 256
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	AP.409:17

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Record created	November 27, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O86332/sample-r-atkinson/

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