Design
1747 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Anna Maria Garthwaite was born in 1690 and became one of the leading pattern drawers in the English silk industry despite the likelihood that she did not receive the formal technical training usually considered necessary to take up such a profession. She produced as many as 80 commissioned designs a year, such as this one, for master weavers and mercers. She lived and worked in Spitalfields, London from about 1730 until her death in 1763. Her interest in natural form--and her talent for depicting it--characterized her designs throughout her professional life.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Design for a woven silk made by Anna Maria Garthwaite, Spitalfields, 1747. |
| Physical description | Squared up in pencil and numbered for cords and dezines. The colour key refers to the three types of metal thread required for this waistcoat. We would call the 'Dark yellow' orange. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Mr Lekeux. Octor 23 1747 / Dark yellow plate / Light yellow plain / Gray Frosted' |
| Object history | A waistcoat woven from this design is in the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Rococo catalogue N12 |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Anna Maria Garthwaite was born in 1690 and became one of the leading pattern drawers in the English silk industry despite the likelihood that she did not receive the formal technical training usually considered necessary to take up such a profession. She produced as many as 80 commissioned designs a year, such as this one, for master weavers and mercers. She lived and worked in Spitalfields, London from about 1730 until her death in 1763. Her interest in natural form--and her talent for depicting it--characterized her designs throughout her professional life. |
| Bibliographic reference | Rothstein, Natalie. Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1990. P351,. Ill. ISBN 0500235899. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 5985:13 |
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| Record created | February 11, 2004 |
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