Ribbon
1851 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Ribbon of woven silk taffeta. White silk tabby ground with a broad tartan satin stripe to either side of the ribbon and made up of differently coloured stripes of varying thickness. A similar broad stripe is made across the ribbon by wefts grouped in the same colour combinations, and bound to give a vertically stripes effect. The colours are royal blue, black, blue-green and pink and red. Label on the back showing the ribbon was exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk taffeta |
| Brief description | Ribbon of woven silk taffeta, made by Cox & Co., England, 1851 |
| Physical description | Ribbon of woven silk taffeta. White silk tabby ground with a broad tartan satin stripe to either side of the ribbon and made up of differently coloured stripes of varying thickness. A similar broad stripe is made across the ribbon by wefts grouped in the same colour combinations, and bound to give a vertically stripes effect. The colours are royal blue, black, blue-green and pink and red. Label on the back showing the ribbon was exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'R / 1851 / C [within a square diamond] / No. XIII [underlined] / 66' (Inscribed on a label on the back) |
| Credit line | Given by HM Commissioners of the Great Exhibition of 1851 |
| Object history | Formerly AP. 393/11. |
| Other number | AP.393 - Previous number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.312-1967 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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