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Leaf and Crown

Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Daniel Keith & Co. (maker)
Place of origin
Spitalfields (made)

Furnishing fabric of silk twill satin. The pattern, in pale yellow twill on a fuchsia pink satin ground, is of a small stylised crown that is enclosed in a roundel of four leaves that form parts of large trefoils on this stems springing from crowns in half-drop repeat to left and right. Three smaller stylised blossoms, also springing from the crowns, fill the arched spaces beneath the leaves. One end of the silk has a plain 0.75 inch.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
TitleLeaf and Crown
Materials and techniques
Silk twill satin
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Leaf and Crown' of silk twill satin, made by Daniel Keith & Co., Spitalfields, London, ca. 1867
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of silk twill satin. The pattern, in pale yellow twill on a fuchsia pink satin ground, is of a small stylised crown that is enclosed in a roundel of four leaves that form parts of large trefoils on this stems springing from crowns in half-drop repeat to left and right. Three smaller stylised blossoms, also springing from the crowns, fill the arched spaces beneath the leaves. One end of the silk has a plain 0.75 inch.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.0375in
  • Width: 21.25in (total width)
  • Repeat height: 13in
  • Repeat width: 10.5in
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'K & Co' (stamped on the back, for Keith & Co.)
  • '023930' (Written on the back on the stamp 'K & Co')
  • '023930' (written on an old stuck-on Warner & Son label)
  • 'Leaf & Crown' and 'Damask' (on a label, from Warner registry 1971 (No L41))
  • Exhibition label (label stapled to fabric, relating to the Warner Exhibition at the V&A)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Warner & Sons Ltd
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.135-1972

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O289227/leaf-and-crown-furnishing-fabric-daniel-keith/
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