Shawl
1830-1840 (made)
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Square shawl of white woven silk and cotton. Within a guard-stripe width border of a repeating lattice like joined wreaths of flowers is an inner border with a stylised floral cresting at each edge, comprising another lattice in brown bearing red diamonds crossed by green leaves. The field is covered with a single repeated sprig turned in four different directions to utilise the repeat of 2.25 inches in the border patterns. On a white silk ground the pattern is in red, blue, green and brown cotton and yellow silk.
There is a short wispy white silk fringe applied on all four sides. The ground is in 3/1 twill, a proportion of the warp binding the pattern weft in a tabby 'brick' effect.
There is a short wispy white silk fringe applied on all four sides. The ground is in 3/1 twill, a proportion of the warp binding the pattern weft in a tabby 'brick' effect.
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Materials and techniques | Woven silk and cotton |
Brief description | Square shawl of woven silk and cotton, possibly made in Great Britain, 1830-1840 |
Physical description | Square shawl of white woven silk and cotton. Within a guard-stripe width border of a repeating lattice like joined wreaths of flowers is an inner border with a stylised floral cresting at each edge, comprising another lattice in brown bearing red diamonds crossed by green leaves. The field is covered with a single repeated sprig turned in four different directions to utilise the repeat of 2.25 inches in the border patterns. On a white silk ground the pattern is in red, blue, green and brown cotton and yellow silk. There is a short wispy white silk fringe applied on all four sides. The ground is in 3/1 twill, a proportion of the warp binding the pattern weft in a tabby 'brick' effect. |
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Credit line | Given by Mr Alastair Goldsworthy |
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Accession number | T.67-1984 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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