Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1880 (made)
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Furnishing fabric for a curtain of silk and wool jacquard woven with machine-sewn hems on three sides. Designed with a Japanese inspired Aesthetic pattern of repeating motifs with circular bamboo and other stylised rosettes, brooch-shaped devices, and trailing tradescantia leaves with bell-shaped flowerheads with three different background lozenge patterns. The design is woven in shades of dark red, olive green, black and cream on a black ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk and wool jacquard woven and machine-sewn |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric for a curtain of silk and wool jacquard woven, probably designed by Bruce James Talbert, probably woven by J.W. & C. Ward, Halifax, ca. 1880 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric for a curtain of silk and wool jacquard woven with machine-sewn hems on three sides. Designed with a Japanese inspired Aesthetic pattern of repeating motifs with circular bamboo and other stylised rosettes, brooch-shaped devices, and trailing tradescantia leaves with bell-shaped flowerheads with three different background lozenge patterns. The design is woven in shades of dark red, olive green, black and cream on a black ground. |
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| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1986/105. One of the most significant designers of the 'Aesthetic Movement', Bruce Talbert (1838-1881), produced designs for a number of textile firms including Ward of Halifax. This design shows similarities in pattern and an identical technique used in Ward samples already in the Museum's collection (see T.97-1953). |
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| Accession number | T.2-1986 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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