Ribbon(s)
1850s (made)
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Set of dress trimmings of brocaded silk ribbons. With a design of intermingled stems bearing ears of corn, poppies, cornflowers, daisies, forget-me-nots, buttercups and hare bells in coloured silks on a ground covered with white crimped silk. These silks are based on a plain ribbon of ribbed silk brocaded with coloured silks, and the crimped silk in long floats on the surface or on the back of the ribbon, protruding at either side to form a fringe.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk ribbon with silks.
Ribbon ground of gros de tour taffeta weave. The fringe is made of supplementary weft threads which run through the ribbon covering the ground. The fringe threads are untwisted and (originally) pleated. The brocaded flowers are of ten different colours. The design reflects eastern European folk motifs of field flowers. |
| Brief description | Set of dress trimmings of brocaded silk ribbons, England, 1850s |
| Physical description | Set of dress trimmings of brocaded silk ribbons. With a design of intermingled stems bearing ears of corn, poppies, cornflowers, daisies, forget-me-nots, buttercups and hare bells in coloured silks on a ground covered with white crimped silk. These silks are based on a plain ribbon of ribbed silk brocaded with coloured silks, and the crimped silk in long floats on the surface or on the back of the ribbon, protruding at either side to form a fringe. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss M. E. Pleydell-Bouverie |
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| Accession number | T.325 to B-1965 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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