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Furnishing Fabric

ca. 1906 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of woven cotton, Jacquard woven with full width and both selvedges intact. The design shows a half drop repeating motif of pairs of peacocks sitting under stylised trees. The pattern is woven in blue and green with brown tree trunks onto a white ground.

The fabric surface has a ribbed appearance. The coloured threads are all contained in the mercerised warp with the weft consisting of alternate black and white twisted threads with a fine black binding weft.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Jacquard woven cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric of woven cotton, designed by the Silver Studio, made by Leborgne, Lannoy, France, ca. 1906
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of woven cotton, Jacquard woven with full width and both selvedges intact. The design shows a half drop repeating motif of pairs of peacocks sitting under stylised trees. The pattern is woven in blue and green with brown tree trunks onto a white ground.

The fabric surface has a ribbed appearance. The coloured threads are all contained in the mercerised warp with the weft consisting of alternate black and white twisted threads with a fine black binding weft.
Dimensions
  • Length: 93in
  • Width: 50in
  • Length: 236.5cm
  • Width: 127cm
Production
The design was drawn in the Silver Studio (No 13638) and sold to Leborgne of Lannoy, near Lille, who produced the woven fabric.
Collection
Accession number
T.254-1982

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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