Culross
Furnishing Fabric
1870-1874 (made)
1870-1874 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Furnishing fabric of woven silk. Woven in red and cream silk on a black ground, with a pattern of three exotic flower heads or fan shapes with leaves springing in a triangular formation from a central stylised flower head. This is repeated in rows with the triangular motif reversed in alternate bands so that they fit together. The central flower head is repeated in the interstices. Woven as a two colour tissue with the cream and red bound on the front in 2/1 twill, on a satin ground. The length is a sample piece with plain satin ends.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Culross (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | woven silk |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric 'Culross' of woven silk, designed by Owen Jones, made by Warner and Sons, England, 1870-1874 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of woven silk. Woven in red and cream silk on a black ground, with a pattern of three exotic flower heads or fan shapes with leaves springing in a triangular formation from a central stylised flower head. This is repeated in rows with the triangular motif reversed in alternate bands so that they fit together. The central flower head is repeated in the interstices. Woven as a two colour tissue with the cream and red bound on the front in 2/1 twill, on a satin ground. The length is a sample piece with plain satin ends. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'W. & S. No. 421' (An early Warner and Sons label possibly recording the registry number) |
| Credit line | Given by Warner and Sons Ltd |
| Object history | If 421 is the registry number, this length would have been woven in the first year of the firm, before it became Warner and Sons. |
| Associated object | T.94-1930 (Colourway) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.158-1972 |
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| Record created | September 24, 2007 |
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