Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1730-1735 (made)
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Furnishing silk, pink satin ground with an exotic tree growing from an island. It has two thin stems or tree-trunks with disproportionately sized flowers and pendulous fruit. Stems and leaves are in two shades of green, flowers and fruit in brown, pink, tan, pale blue, dark blue and silver.
Technical description (analysis by Nathalie Rothstein at the time of acquisition): Tissue, pink satin ground with a green pattern weft bound in tabby by a green binding warp. There are two shoots of the ground weft to one of the green pattern weft. A proportion of the pink ground warp threads are used to bind the brocaded wefts in 3/1 twill. Part of the binding is also carried out by the découpures. There are 2 ground wefts to one pair of silver threads.
Selvage: 6 double threads.
Technical description (analysis by Nathalie Rothstein at the time of acquisition): Tissue, pink satin ground with a green pattern weft bound in tabby by a green binding warp. There are two shoots of the ground weft to one of the green pattern weft. A proportion of the pink ground warp threads are used to bind the brocaded wefts in 3/1 twill. Part of the binding is also carried out by the découpures. There are 2 ground wefts to one pair of silver threads.
Selvage: 6 double threads.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk, satin |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric of woven silk, France, ca. 1730-1735. |
| Physical description | Furnishing silk, pink satin ground with an exotic tree growing from an island. It has two thin stems or tree-trunks with disproportionately sized flowers and pendulous fruit. Stems and leaves are in two shades of green, flowers and fruit in brown, pink, tan, pale blue, dark blue and silver. Technical description (analysis by Nathalie Rothstein at the time of acquisition): Tissue, pink satin ground with a green pattern weft bound in tabby by a green binding warp. There are two shoots of the ground weft to one of the green pattern weft. A proportion of the pink ground warp threads are used to bind the brocaded wefts in 3/1 twill. Part of the binding is also carried out by the découpures. There are 2 ground wefts to one pair of silver threads. Selvage: 6 double threads. |
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| Object history | Acquired from Mayorcas Ltd, London (antique textile dealer) for £200 in 1977. Exhibited in OBJECTS, V&A, May-August 1978 and in Flowered Silks, V&A, 8 August - 28 October 1990. |
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| Accession number | T.316-1977 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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