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Furnishing Fabric

ca. 1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of fine 'peacock blue' silk warp with a coarser rayon weft forming a modified twill ground. The weft is shaded gradually from a deep mauve at each end to a red/mauve mixture in the central area. Brocaded in pale yellow rayon along the right selvedge is a pseudo-Grecian frieze with a repeat of crossed, slender leafy stems enclosing laurel wreaths in the inter spaces. This has a narrow geometric border on the right.

Object details

Categories
Object type
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 'peacock blue' silk warp with a coarser rayon weft forming a modified twill ground. The weft is shaded gradually from a deep mauve at each end to a red/mauve mixture in the central area. Brocaded in pale yellow rayon along the right selvedge is a pseudo-Grecian frieze with a repeat of crossed, slender leafy stems enclosing laurel wreaths in the inter spaces. This has a narrow geometric border on the right.
Dimensions
  • Length: 61in
  • Width: 30.5in
  • Length: 1.562m
  • Width: 0.774m
  • Frieze width: 19in
  • Narrow border width: 5in
  • Diameter: 85mm
Credit line
Given by Miss Janet Milne
Collection
Accession number
T.628-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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