Not currently on display at the V&A

Vineyard

Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1904 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric tissue of silk satin woven with gold thread. The length is divided vertically into two equal parts with each containing a design of twining vine stems enclosing grapes and vine leaves, and edged on either side by a geometrical wheat-ear pattern containing birds alternately facing left and right. The birds are shown in full down the centre of the length, but only half of each bird is shown at the edges. The design is woven in gold thread on a crimson satin ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVineyard
Materials and techniques
Silk satin woven with gold thread
Brief description
Furnishing fabric tissue 'Vineyard' of silk satin woven with gold thread, designed by Edmund Hunter for St. Edmundsbury Weavers, Great Britain, ca. 1904.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric tissue of silk satin woven with gold thread. The length is divided vertically into two equal parts with each containing a design of twining vine stems enclosing grapes and vine leaves, and edged on either side by a geometrical wheat-ear pattern containing birds alternately facing left and right. The birds are shown in full down the centre of the length, but only half of each bird is shown at the edges. The design is woven in gold thread on a crimson satin ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 38in
  • Width: 25in
Credit line
Given by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd.
Collection
Accession number
T.155-1953

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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