Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1850-1880 (made)
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Furnishing fabric of brocaded silk satin and cotton. Woven with a large scale floral meander in coloured cottons and silks on a white silk and cotton ground. In the meander are ears of corns, roses, berries and other fruit and flowers. The panel is half a loom width with a symmetrical design.
Brocaded satin with the pattern bound in 4/1 twill by a binding warp taken from the ground warp threads (every 4th thread is used to bind the brocaded wefts). The warp is of paired threads S thrown silk. The weft ground of paired threads Z spun cotton. Brocaded wefts of floss silk. The width of the repeat is unknown.
Brocaded satin with the pattern bound in 4/1 twill by a binding warp taken from the ground warp threads (every 4th thread is used to bind the brocaded wefts). The warp is of paired threads S thrown silk. The weft ground of paired threads Z spun cotton. Brocaded wefts of floss silk. The width of the repeat is unknown.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk satin and cotton in cotton and silk threads |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric of brocaded silk satin and cotton, France, ca. 1850-1880. |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of brocaded silk satin and cotton. Woven with a large scale floral meander in coloured cottons and silks on a white silk and cotton ground. In the meander are ears of corns, roses, berries and other fruit and flowers. The panel is half a loom width with a symmetrical design. Brocaded satin with the pattern bound in 4/1 twill by a binding warp taken from the ground warp threads (every 4th thread is used to bind the brocaded wefts). The warp is of paired threads S thrown silk. The weft ground of paired threads Z spun cotton. Brocaded wefts of floss silk. The width of the repeat is unknown. |
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| Accession number | T.431-1960 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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