Kerchief
1770-1790 (made)
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Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, pigment; hand-woven, punched, painted |
| Brief description | Woman's kerchief of white silk, 1770-1790, British; painted and punched in imitation of whitework and lace |
| Physical description | Woman's square kerchief of white silk sarsenet painted with white pigment in rows of small sprigs and two corner devices. The borders are punched in a pattern of a continuous wavy and leafy stem and cable ornament on a circular lace-like mesh. |
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| Credit line | Given by W A MacKnight, Esq. |
| Object history | Said to have been brought from Venice in 1760 by the donor’s great-great-grandfather. RP1920/7418 |
| Summary | |
| Bibliographic reference | Levey, S. M.: ‘Lace – A History’, W. S. Maney & Son ltd., Leeds, 1983, page: 75
Hart, A. & North, S.: 'Historical Fashion in Detail - The 17th and 18th Centuries', V&A Publications, London, 1998, page: 180 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.314-1920 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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