Woven Silk
1875 (made)
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Green satin brocaded in metal threads
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | silk, metal |
| Brief description | Sample-length piece of woven silk; green satin ground brocaded in varied types of metal thread; design of flowers and tassels inspired by eighteenth-century silks. |
| Physical description | Green satin brocaded in metal threads |
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| Object history | In the weaving company's archive the textile is catalogued under the name Pinzón-Borlas (borlas meaning tassels). |
| Bibliographic reference | Marjorie Trusted, In all cases of difference adopt Signor Riano's view, Journal of the History of Collections, vol. 18, no. 2 (2006), p.231.
María Roca Cabrera, Tejidos españoles en el South Kensington Museum a través del círculo Fortuny, Libro de Actas del I Coloquio de Investigadores en Textil y Moda, 17 y 18 de noviembre de 2017, Barcelona 2017, pp. 206-210, p. 208. |
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| Accession number | 1212-1875 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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