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Dress Fabric

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress fabric of brocaded silk on a pink tabby ground with bunches of flowers of varying sizes, brocaded in red, maroon, dark and light pink, white, black, yellow, cream and two shades of green, linked by a white flush pattern of trailing flowers and fancy filling patterns.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk
Brief description
Dress fabric of brocaded silk, Spitalfields, England, ca. 1755.
Physical description
Dress fabric of brocaded silk on a pink tabby ground with bunches of flowers of varying sizes, brocaded in red, maroon, dark and light pink, white, black, yellow, cream and two shades of green, linked by a white flush pattern of trailing flowers and fancy filling patterns.
Dimensions
  • Length: 108cm
  • Width: 51.1cm
  • Repeat length: 77.47cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs Jane Palmer
Collection
Accession number
T.459-1970

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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