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Textile

1850-1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Textile of Jacquard-woven figured silk. With a design of leaves and parakeets. The silk warp is white and the weft is blue. The leaves are woven in white satin shaded with extended tabby and the weft is combined with two warp threads. The ground is tabby and some details of the design are made by unbound weft floats. There is a band of white across the top.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Jacquard-woven figured silk, tabby
Brief description
Textile of Jacquard-woven figured silk, made by Stone and Kemp, Spitalfields, 1850-1851
Physical description
Textile of Jacquard-woven figured silk. With a design of leaves and parakeets. The silk warp is white and the weft is blue. The leaves are woven in white satin shaded with extended tabby and the weft is combined with two warp threads. The ground is tabby and some details of the design are made by unbound weft floats. There is a band of white across the top.
Dimensions
  • Repeat length: 10.25in
  • Repeat width: 5.5in
  • Height: 21.5in
  • Width: 23in
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Other number
AP.328:4 - Previous number
Collection
Accession number
T.33A-1959

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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