Dress Fabric
ca. 1740 - ca. 1760 (made)
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An extra finishing technique has been used on this silk. Watering is a process by which irregular wavy lines are produced on the surface of a textile after weaving either by folding it, or winding it on to an engraved roller, and then subjecting it to heavy pressure. The textile must be woven with a pronounced rib, and as this is crushed in irregular directions the light is reflected as if from the moving surface of water, although no water is actually involved in the process. In combination with silver thread in this example the result is glittering.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Watered silvered tissue |
Brief description | Panel of watered silvered tissue unpicked from a petticoat, made in Spitalfields, London, about 1740-1760 |
Physical description | Panel of watered silver tissue unpicked from a petticoat. |
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Credit line | Given by Richard Brander |
Summary | An extra finishing technique has been used on this silk. Watering is a process by which irregular wavy lines are produced on the surface of a textile after weaving either by folding it, or winding it on to an engraved roller, and then subjecting it to heavy pressure. The textile must be woven with a pronounced rib, and as this is crushed in irregular directions the light is reflected as if from the moving surface of water, although no water is actually involved in the process. In combination with silver thread in this example the result is glittering. |
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Accession number | T.87-2003 |
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Record created | April 29, 2004 |
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