Loom Width
ca. 1870-1900 (made)
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Loom width or end piece of black silk printed with gold with a large central motif of colonial-era imagery, showing a group of three allegorical figures including 'Britannia', between two crowns and the text 'DRAP DES COLONIES/Recommended for Wear/registered mark'. The selvages are woven with bright aniline purple stripes and white bars in the centre.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Printed silk with gold |
| Brief description | Loom width or end piece of printed silk with gold, Britain or France, ca. 1870-1900 |
| Physical description | Loom width or end piece of black silk printed with gold with a large central motif of colonial-era imagery, showing a group of three allegorical figures including 'Britannia', between two crowns and the text 'DRAP DES COLONIES/Recommended for Wear/registered mark'. The selvages are woven with bright aniline purple stripes and white bars in the centre. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'DRAP DES COLONIES Recommended / for Wear / REGISTERED MARK' (Printed in gold below the central group) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Iris Ballard |
| Object history | According to information recorded at the time this panel was acquired, the silk was from a range distributed by Robert Wynne, grandfather of the donor. Robert Wynne was manager of the firm Foster Porter & Co. Ltd, a drapery firm which had a large export warehouse in Wood Street, London, in the late 19th century. This piece of silk is likely to be an 'end piece' or 'loom end', names for the last piece of a roll of fabric, which had no practical use and was printed with a brand or maker's name. |
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| Accession number | T.431-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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