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Furnishing Fabric

1920-1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
Calimala (made for)
Ruth Vaughan Lodge (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Furnishing fabric made of hand-woven silk and rayon sample strip. Silk warp divided into 5 strips. Ten samples are woven with 2 weft blocks 7.5 inches long. The repeat is an all over vertical waved twill. The samples are separated by unwoven warp and weft strips.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
Materials and techniques
Hand-woven silk and rayon
Brief description
Furnishing fabric made of hand-woven silk and rayon sample strip, made by Ruth Vaughan Lodge for Calimala, Great Britain, 1920-1925
Physical description
Furnishing fabric made of hand-woven silk and rayon sample strip. Silk warp divided into 5 strips. Ten samples are woven with 2 weft blocks 7.5 inches long. The repeat is an all over vertical waved twill. The samples are separated by unwoven warp and weft strips.
Dimensions
  • Length: 18.5in
  • Width: 42.5in
  • Length: 46.9cm
  • Width: 107.2cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Janet Milne
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.655-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O258351/furnishing-fabric-ruth-vaughan-lodge/
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