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Dress Fabric

1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress fabric of brocaded silk. S rep. Woven to shape. Black ground and a deep border of flowers in colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk
Brief description
Dress fabric of brocaded silk, France, 1855
Physical description
Dress fabric of brocaded silk. S rep. Woven to shape. Black ground and a deep border of flowers in colours.
Dimensions
  • Length: 58in
  • Width: 34in
Object history
Registered description, printed, reads 'SILK STUFF. For dress, black ground, deep border of flowers in natural colours and in blue. French, modern [measurements], Bought (Paris Exhibition), 4l. Handwritten beside this 'Original label'. This is presumably now lost.
Collection
Accession number
3745-1856

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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