Chevron
Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1925 (designed and made)
ca. 1925 (designed and made)
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Furnishing fabric, sample strip, made of hand-woven rayon and silk. Mid-blue silk warp with a coarser magenta rayon weft forming a vertical 2/2 reversed waved twill. Brocaded in red rayon along the left hand edge is part of a 12.5 inches wide border which consists of a broad chevron striped hand topped by half stylised flower, both contained within narrow stripes.
Ruth Lodge's monogram is woven into the band containing the flower motif.
Ruth Lodge's monogram is woven into the band containing the flower motif.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Chevron |
| Materials and techniques | Brocaded rayon and silk |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric 'Chevron' made of hand-woven rayon and silk, designed and made by Ruth Vaughan Lodge for Calimala, Great Britain, ca. 1925 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric, sample strip, made of hand-woven rayon and silk. Mid-blue silk warp with a coarser magenta rayon weft forming a vertical 2/2 reversed waved twill. Brocaded in red rayon along the left hand edge is part of a 12.5 inches wide border which consists of a broad chevron striped hand topped by half stylised flower, both contained within narrow stripes. Ruth Lodge's monogram is woven into the band containing the flower motif. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Janet Milne |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.638-1974 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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