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Textile

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

Textile of Jacquard-woven silk damask. With a design of leaves and parakeets. The silk warp is white and the weft is yellow. 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 silk damask, tabby
Brief description
Textile of Jacquard-woven silk damask, made by Stone and Kemp, England, 1850-1851.
Physical description
Textile of Jacquard-woven silk damask. With a design of leaves and parakeets. The silk warp is white and the weft is yellow. 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
  • Height: 19.25in
  • Width: 22.75in
  • Repeat length: 10.25in
  • Repeat width: 5.5in
Marks and inscriptions
  • R / 1851 / C [within a diamond shape] (Label)
  • No. XIII / 18 (Label)
Other number
AP.328:3 - Previous number
Collection
Accession number
T.33-1959

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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