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Ribbon

1820-1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silk ribbon woven in an open white tabby net with a rose on a branch in shaded pink silk brocaded in the warp. The rose is shaded from deep pink on the right to white on the left. Each selvedge consists of a narrow satin stripe with a deckled edge in white silk.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk with flushing warp in pink shading with looped, scalloped edge.
Brief description
Silk ribbon, Britain, 1820-40
Physical description
Silk ribbon woven in an open white tabby net with a rose on a branch in shaded pink silk brocaded in the warp. The rose is shaded from deep pink on the right to white on the left. Each selvedge consists of a narrow satin stripe with a deckled edge in white silk.
Dimensions
  • Length: 80.5cm
  • Width: 5cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Thorn
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, pp. 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
Accession number
T.116-1962

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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