Elstree
Furnishing Fabric
1875 (made)
1875 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Furnishing fabric of silk twill satin. The black satin ground is covered with a small repeating pattern of leaves and flowers in brown-olive silk which looks like gold in some lights. Details of the flowers are picked out in bands of purple, deep yellow, bright pinky-red and pale pink.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Elstree |
| Materials and techniques | Silk twill satin |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric 'Elstree' in silk satin, designed by Bruce James Talbert, made by Warner and Sons, Spitalfields, 1875 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of silk twill satin. The black satin ground is covered with a small repeating pattern of leaves and flowers in brown-olive silk which looks like gold in some lights. Details of the flowers are picked out in bands of purple, deep yellow, bright pinky-red and pale pink. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'No. 2306 [underlined] / 92104 / Yds. 1-63 ins. / Colour. Black, Olive / Design. Elstree' (On a Warner Registry label) |
| Credit line | Given by Warner and Sons Ltd |
| Production | Made by Warner and Ramm. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.147-1972 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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