Dress Fabric
ca. 1747 (made)
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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.
Selvedge is 0.25 inch plain tabby with one pink stripe and one outer cord.
Object details
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | T.45-1968 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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