Dress Fabric
ca. 1750-1755 (made)
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This fabric is a brocaded silk and was used for the petticoat of a lady's gown. The technique of brocading allowed different colours to be introduced into the pattern of a fabric in specific, sometimes very small areas. It was a more laborious process for the weaver than using patterning wefts running from selvedge to selvedge, but the resulting effect could be much more varied and lively.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk |
| Brief description | brocaded silk, 1750s, English; Spitalfields |
| Physical description | Tobine ground, brocaded in coloured silks, with an additional flush pattern. |
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| Summary | This fabric is a brocaded silk and was used for the petticoat of a lady's gown. The technique of brocading allowed different colours to be introduced into the pattern of a fabric in specific, sometimes very small areas. It was a more laborious process for the weaver than using patterning wefts running from selvedge to selvedge, but the resulting effect could be much more varied and lively. |
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| Accession number | 162A-1899 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2005 |
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