Not on display

We don’t have an image of this object online yet.

More about images

V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: T.290-1965

Kerchief

1850-1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Kerchief of woven silk. With a wreath of roses with smaller sprays of flowers protruding towards the centre of the wreath and large flowers extending into each corner. The design is woven in magenta silk bound with fancy twills. A sparse magenta and yellow silk fringe is knotted into all four sides.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk
Brief description
Kerchief of woven silk, Great Britain, 1850-1875
Physical description
Kerchief of woven silk. With a wreath of roses with smaller sprays of flowers protruding towards the centre of the wreath and large flowers extending into each corner. The design is woven in magenta silk bound with fancy twills. A sparse magenta and yellow silk fringe is knotted into all four sides.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25.25in
  • Width: 25.25in
  • Width: 840mm (Note: including fringe)
  • Length: 840mm (Note: including fringe)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Estella Canziani
Collection
Accession number
T.290-1965

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
Download as: JSON