Ribbon
1800-1850 (made)
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Ribbon made of silk with a white taffeta centre with a tobine stripe of neat bunches of flowers in shaded colours, blues, tan to yellow, pinks and shaded green leaves. The surplus silk is cut a away at the back.
The borders of the ribbon are in a heavy watered rib, shaded from white to pale lilac at the outer edge.
The borders of the ribbon are in a heavy watered rib, shaded from white to pale lilac at the outer edge.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk taffeta.
Pekin weave with watered, gros de tours borders shaded from light to dark at edges. A light silk satin stripe separates the watered edge and centre ground of plain taffeta weave. Weft looped at edge. The bouquet of flowers made of ten different coloured flushing warp threads, the floats of which have been cut away between each bouquet. |
| Brief description | Ribbon, silk, flower bunches, made in England, 1800-1850 |
| Physical description | Ribbon made of silk with a white taffeta centre with a tobine stripe of neat bunches of flowers in shaded colours, blues, tan to yellow, pinks and shaded green leaves. The surplus silk is cut a away at the back. The borders of the ribbon are in a heavy watered rib, shaded from white to pale lilac at the outer edge. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss B. Hinton |
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| Accession number | T.149-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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