Dress Fabric
1755-1760 (made)
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Dress fabric of brocaded silk. With a design of isolated sprays of mixed flowers, two main groups and two smaller ones. There are three different colourways in the repeat so that the total length is 45 inches, approximately the length of the back of the original dress. The colours are green, yellow, pink, red, tan, blue and purple. The weave is brocaded tabby on lustering ground with cannellé (or tobine) stripes, self coloured.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk, Spitalfields, London, 1755-1760 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk. With a design of isolated sprays of mixed flowers, two main groups and two smaller ones. There are three different colourways in the repeat so that the total length is 45 inches, approximately the length of the back of the original dress. The colours are green, yellow, pink, red, tan, blue and purple. The weave is brocaded tabby on lustering ground with cannellé (or tobine) stripes, self coloured. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Hilda Johnston |
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| Accession number | T.117-1968 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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