Not currently on display at the V&A

Ribbon Sample

1900-1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silk ribbon sample. Dark blue ground with a paisley cone meander in light blue, crimson and green with gold metallic thread as a supplementary weft forming the outline of the motifs. There is also a narrow selvedge border formed of gold metallic thread.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven silk and gold thread
Brief description
Silk ribbon sample, made in France, 1900-1929
Physical description
Silk ribbon sample. Dark blue ground with a paisley cone meander in light blue, crimson and green with gold metallic thread as a supplementary weft forming the outline of the motifs. There is also a narrow selvedge border formed of gold metallic thread.
Dimensions
  • Length: 24.7cm
  • Width: 2.8cm
Credit line
Given by Jackie Unsworth
Object history
Registered File number 1989/1899. One of seven samples T.31 to F-1990.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.31D-1990

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Record createdNovember 24, 2010
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