Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1925 (made)
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Furnishing fabric of fine turquoise silk warp with a coarser rayon weft forming a vertical waved twill ground. The length is shaded from pale gold, through pale green and blue, to a mid-blue. Six well spaced stylised cloud devices are brocaded in mid-blue, green and yellow rayon in the lower half. The centre top half has a rampant Chinese dragon brocaded in pale lemon and mid-yellow supplementary wefts.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand woven silk and rayon |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric of silk and rayon, designed and made by Ruth Lodge for Calimala, Great Britain, ca. 1925. |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of fine turquoise silk warp with a coarser rayon weft forming a vertical waved twill ground. The length is shaded from pale gold, through pale green and blue, to a mid-blue. Six well spaced stylised cloud devices are brocaded in mid-blue, green and yellow rayon in the lower half. The centre top half has a rampant Chinese dragon brocaded in pale lemon and mid-yellow supplementary wefts. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Janet Milne |
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| Accession number | T.627-1974 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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