Not on display

Ribbon

1780-1789 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
France (made)
France (made)

Ribbon of woven silk. Coloured silks and metal thread on a cream ground.

Object details

Categories
Accessories
Clothing
Textiles
Object type
Ribbon
Materials and techniques
Woven silk and metal thread. Ground of irregular silk satin weave with delicate taffeta woven edge. The warp of ivory with a ground weft of lime green and supplementary wefts of 1) a continuous metal (silver/silver coloured?) thread file and 2) the brocading group consisting of four silks and one metal (gold/ coloured?) which has been used in the small flower petals. i.e. seven weft threads in total. Two types of faceted beads (gold and silver coloured) hand-sewn onto the ribbon.
Brief description
Ribbon of woven silk and metal thread, possibly made in England or France, 1880s
Physical description
Ribbon of woven silk. Coloured silks and metal thread on a cream ground.
Dimensions
  • Maximum length length: 237cm
  • Maximum width width: 6.8cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs James Leahy
Bibliographic references
  • Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion, edited by Lesley Ellis Miller and Ana Cabrera Lafuente with Claire Allen-Johnstone, Thames and Hudson Ltd. in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2021, P. 204-205
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.364-1971

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O290955/ribbon-unknown/
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