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Snail's Trail

Furnishing Fabric
1920-1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric made of hand-woven rayon sample strip. Fine cotton warp divided into three strips from left to right, black, mid-blue then purple and red. 27 two and three colour samples are woven by the use of nine different weft combinations: green with yellow rayon; blue with yellow; black with yellow and red; yellow with black; black with yellow; red with pink; pale grey with lilac; blue with green; orange with yellow. The samples are separated by unwoven warp and weft strips.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSnail's Trail
Materials and techniques
Hand-woven rayon and cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Snail's Trail' made of hand-woven rayon sample strip, made by Ruth Vaughan Lodge for Calimala, Great Britain, 1920-1925
Physical description
Furnishing fabric made of hand-woven rayon sample strip. Fine cotton warp divided into three strips from left to right, black, mid-blue then purple and red. 27 two and three colour samples are woven by the use of nine different weft combinations: green with yellow rayon; blue with yellow; black with yellow and red; yellow with black; black with yellow; red with pink; pale grey with lilac; blue with green; orange with yellow. The samples are separated by unwoven warp and weft strips.
Dimensions
  • Length: 84.5in
  • Width: 39in
  • Length: 214.7cm
  • Width: 98.4cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Janet Milne
Collection
Accession number
T.656-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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