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Ribbon

ca. 1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silk ribbon with a finely drawn Jacquard woven pattern of a clover flower alternating with a dandelion clock. The clovers are alternately pink and red or mauve. The ribbon has been cut and roughly machined together. Black ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Jacquard woven silk. Brocaded taffeta, consisting of eight brocading silk wefts.
Brief description
Jacquard woven silk ribbon, Coventry, ca. 1860
Physical description
Silk ribbon with a finely drawn Jacquard woven pattern of a clover flower alternating with a dandelion clock. The clovers are alternately pink and red or mauve. The ribbon has been cut and roughly machined together. Black ground.
Dimensions
  • Maximum length length: 1797mm
  • Maximum width width: 102mm
Credit line
Given by Miss F. M. Purnell
Bibliographic references
  • Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion, edited by Lesley Ellis Miller and Ana Cabrera Lafuente with Claire Allen-Johnstone, Thames and Hudson Ltd. in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2021, pp. 204-205
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Accession number
T.157-1965

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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