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Dress Fabric

ca. 1747 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress fabric of brocaded silk. The silk has a pale coffee coloured ground with a brocaded design in coloured silks. A brown stem with exotic flowers, sweat peas and pea-pods form the main design. There are feathers in pairs and a pink hydrangea-like flower between the main stem. The technique is brocaded gros de tours with a binding warp thread taken from the ground. The design is bound in 3/1 twill. The découpure is 7 threads, about 640 threads to the inch 500 cords in design approx.

Selvedge is 0.25 inch plain tabby with one pink stripe and one outer cord.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk in coloured silks
Brief description
Dress fabric of brocaded silk in silks, woven in Spitalfields, London, ca. 1747
Physical description
Dress fabric of brocaded silk. The silk has a pale coffee coloured ground with a brocaded design in coloured silks. A brown stem with exotic flowers, sweat peas and pea-pods form the main design. There are feathers in pairs and a pink hydrangea-like flower between the main stem. The technique is brocaded gros de tours with a binding warp thread taken from the ground. The design is bound in 3/1 twill. The découpure is 7 threads, about 640 threads to the inch 500 cords in design approx.

Selvedge is 0.25 inch plain tabby with one pink stripe and one outer cord.
Dimensions
  • Repeat width: 19in
  • Repeat length: 21.75in
  • Height: 75.5in (maximum)
  • Width: 39.5in
Collection
Accession number
T.45-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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