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Textile

ca. 1749-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Textile of brocaded silk. Decorated with sprays of flowers curving round decorative lattice motifs on a cream ground. Colours are pink, buff, tan, blue, yellow and green. The ground is tabby with additional floated wefts to form the ground colour pattern. The rest of the pattern is brocaded. There is one repeat in the width of the material.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk
Brief description
Textile of brocaded silk, Spitalfields, London, ca. 1749-1750
Physical description
Textile of brocaded silk. Decorated with sprays of flowers curving round decorative lattice motifs on a cream ground. Colours are pink, buff, tan, blue, yellow and green. The ground is tabby with additional floated wefts to form the ground colour pattern. The rest of the pattern is brocaded. There is one repeat in the width of the material.
Dimensions
  • Repeat length: 29.5in
  • Length: 36.5in
  • Width: 21in
Credit line
Given by Mrs C. Young
Production
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Collection
Accession number
T.186-1963

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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