Flame Disks
Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1928 (made)
ca. 1928 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Furnishing fabric of fine turquoise silk warp with a coarser rayon weft forming a 2/2 twill. The weft is shaded from a pale gold at one end, through yellow/green then turquoise, to a bright mid-blue. The design consists of pairs of well spaced, staggered roundels with simple decorative infills based on a cross. These are brocaded in orange rayon.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Flame Disks |
| Materials and techniques | woven furnishing textile |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric of silk and rayon, 'Flame Disks', designed and made by Ruth Lodge for Calimala, Great Britain, ca. 1928. |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of fine turquoise silk warp with a coarser rayon weft forming a 2/2 twill. The weft is shaded from a pale gold at one end, through yellow/green then turquoise, to a bright mid-blue. The design consists of pairs of well spaced, staggered roundels with simple decorative infills based on a cross. These are brocaded in orange rayon. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '247 B' (Label pinned to one corner) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Janet Milne |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.621-1974 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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