Vesting Fabric
ca. 1850-1900 (made)
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Figured silk fabric for vesting. It consists of a twill ground figured with an allover pattern of irregular curving shapes with small circles and stylised flowers at intervals. The fabric shows foru colorways:
1. Black with cream, red, yellow, mauve and grey circles and flowers
2. Black and red ground with red curving shapes and black, cream and green circles and flowers
3. Black ground with blue curving shapes with cream, red, green and yellow circles and flowers
4. Black ground with brown curving shapes with gold and red circles and flowers.
1. Black with cream, red, yellow, mauve and grey circles and flowers
2. Black and red ground with red curving shapes and black, cream and green circles and flowers
3. Black ground with blue curving shapes with cream, red, green and yellow circles and flowers
4. Black ground with brown curving shapes with gold and red circles and flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Figured silk |
| Brief description | Figured silk fabric for vesting, woven by members of the family of W.A. Thornton, London, ca. 1850- 1900. |
| Physical description | Figured silk fabric for vesting. It consists of a twill ground figured with an allover pattern of irregular curving shapes with small circles and stylised flowers at intervals. The fabric shows foru colorways: 1. Black with cream, red, yellow, mauve and grey circles and flowers 2. Black and red ground with red curving shapes and black, cream and green circles and flowers 3. Black ground with blue curving shapes with cream, red, green and yellow circles and flowers 4. Black ground with brown curving shapes with gold and red circles and flowers. |
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| Accession number | T.46-1976 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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