'Pine'
Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1860-1880 (made)
ca. 1860-1880 (made)
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Furnishing fabric of silk twill satin. On a purple-pink satin ground are rows of repeated pine or cone shapes borrowed from Persian shawls, filled with classical acanthus leaves, flowers and husks. These cones and the tiny cones between them are in white silk, bound in twill with a binding warp of yellow silk.
Object details
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| Title | 'Pine' |
| Materials and techniques | Silk twill satin |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric, 'Pine' of silk twill satin, made by Daniel Walters and Sons, made in Spitalfields, London, ca. 1860-1880 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of silk twill satin. On a purple-pink satin ground are rows of repeated pine or cone shapes borrowed from Persian shawls, filled with classical acanthus leaves, flowers and husks. These cones and the tiny cones between them are in white silk, bound in twill with a binding warp of yellow silk. |
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| Credit line | Given by Warner & Sons Ltd |
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| Accession number | T.137-1972 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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