Ribbon
1825-1849 (made)
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Ribbon of white silk with metal thread and silk gauze. One of the bands is edged with white silk heart-shaped decoration, and the two other narrow ones are edged with white silk and 'beading'. The metal thread is bound in twill and the white silk is unbound.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, metal thread.
Ribbon of plain-woven gauze. Flat metal strip lying on top of gauze but fixed by the warp threads at intervals in a twill weave. Continuous supplementary white silk thread woven in motifs such as hearts and dotted lines. The borders of scalloped, looped weft threads followed by a gros de tour weave, a fine line in satin weave edges the centre gauze ground. |
| Brief description | Silk ribbon with metal thread, England, 1825-1849 |
| Physical description | Ribbon of white silk with metal thread and silk gauze. One of the bands is edged with white silk heart-shaped decoration, and the two other narrow ones are edged with white silk and 'beading'. The metal thread is bound in twill and the white silk is unbound. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss C. Frewer |
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| Accession number | T.135A-1959 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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