Nipon
Furnishing Fabric
1870-74 (made)
1870-74 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Red and gold brocaded/figured silk with black, in densely tiled Orientalist design with octagons containing rosettes of two varieties, linked by squares enclosing roundels or lozenges. Chief colours are pale blue, gold, and black on a red ground.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Nipon (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | woven silk |
| Brief description | Woven silk furnishing fabric, red, gold and black brocade; Great Britain; 1870-1874 |
| Physical description | Red and gold brocaded/figured silk with black, in densely tiled Orientalist design with octagons containing rosettes of two varieties, linked by squares enclosing roundels or lozenges. Chief colours are pale blue, gold, and black on a red ground. |
| Credit line | Given by Sir Frank Warner of Warner and Sons |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.94B-1930 |
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| Record created | September 24, 2007 |
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