Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1830-1880 (made)
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Furnishing fabric of stamped plush velveteen. With an 18th century large-scale symmetrical pattern with flowers and larger leaves springing from a central stem, and stamped in two levels on a pink-tan silk pile. The material has a binding warp of pale blue cotton and double shots of pink cotton weft. Wide selvedges are woven with paired warp threads, 5 blue, 4 white and 8 blue. On the back of the material is printed in black ink with 'R.M. & Co.' three times along one edge.
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Materials and techniques | Stamped plush velveteen on a silk pile |
Brief description | Furnishing fabric of stamped plush velveteen, England, ca. 1830-1880. |
Physical description | Furnishing fabric of stamped plush velveteen. With an 18th century large-scale symmetrical pattern with flowers and larger leaves springing from a central stem, and stamped in two levels on a pink-tan silk pile. The material has a binding warp of pale blue cotton and double shots of pink cotton weft. Wide selvedges are woven with paired warp threads, 5 blue, 4 white and 8 blue. On the back of the material is printed in black ink with 'R.M. & Co.' three times along one edge. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'R.M. & Co.' (Printed in black ink three times along one edge of the back) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Estella Canziani |
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Accession number | T.278-1965 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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