Kenilworth
Furnishing Fabric
1923 (made)
1923 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Furnishing fabric of triple-pile velvet. The design is inspired by a 15th or 16th century velvet with a pineapple and meandering branch design. Woven in black and a mixture of black and golden-yellow silk on a golden-yellow silk ground in three layers of pile. The pile is woven into a foundation of black, yellow and bright pink-red silk which is woven in a flat web at either end. There are wide selvedges of black striped at the edge with cream.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Kenilworth |
| Materials and techniques | Velvet |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric 'Kenilworth' of triple-pile velvet, woven by W. Watson, Warner and Sons, Great Britain, 1923 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of triple-pile velvet. The design is inspired by a 15th or 16th century velvet with a pineapple and meandering branch design. Woven in black and a mixture of black and golden-yellow silk on a golden-yellow silk ground in three layers of pile. The pile is woven into a foundation of black, yellow and bright pink-red silk which is woven in a flat web at either end. There are wide selvedges of black striped at the edge with cream. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'PATENTED / ENGLAND NO. 12357 / AMERICA US NO. 29175 / FRANCE NO. 477010 / ITALY NO. 213/631 / & OTHER COUNTRIES / 62535' (Stamped on the back at either end, except that the last number is not repeated on one end) |
| Credit line | Given by Warner and Sons |
| Production | Constructed and coloured by Sir Frank Warner. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.196-1972 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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