Not currently on display at the V&A

Bag Face

ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silk bag face, double cloth, with four widthways repeat of design which is picked out in cream silk on an oyster-coloured ground. Three lengthwise repeats of an ogee compartmentalised design enclosing buttercup-like clumps of flowers surrounded by trailing acanthus leaves and meandering flowering plants.

The fabric structure, although a conventional double cloth, is lightweight and woven from two silks, one showing a tusser in its raw unbleached state.



Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk
Brief description
Silk bag face, probably made by Alexander Morton & Co., Darvel, Scotland, ca. 1890
Physical description
Silk bag face, double cloth, with four widthways repeat of design which is picked out in cream silk on an oyster-coloured ground. Three lengthwise repeats of an ogee compartmentalised design enclosing buttercup-like clumps of flowers surrounded by trailing acanthus leaves and meandering flowering plants.

The fabric structure, although a conventional double cloth, is lightweight and woven from two silks, one showing a tusser in its raw unbleached state.

Dimensions
  • Selvedge to selvedge width: 34.5in
  • Selvedge to selvedge length: 46in
  • Selvedge to selvedge width: 87.6cm
  • Repeat, selvedge to selvedge length: 117cm
Credit line
Given by J.W.F. Morton
Collection
Accession number
T.18-1982

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Record createdOctober 9, 2008
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