Panel
1750-1800 (made)
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Textile panel of crimson silk damask. Woven with a large floral pattern of stems with large blooms twisting across a lacy ribbon. There is one print repeat in the width of the textile. In the compartment, formed by the meandering stems and the ribbons, there is a plant with three flowers and three leaves. There are selvedges on each side. The selvedge consist of 2.5 mm of satin with a twill effect, from the binding of groups of threads at intervals, and 5.5 mm woven in tabby, 18 threads of crimson tabby, then 12 outer threads with a white silk warp. There is no outer cordonnet.
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Materials and techniques | Silk damask |
Brief description | Textile panel of silk damask, France, 1750-1800. |
Physical description | Textile panel of crimson silk damask. Woven with a large floral pattern of stems with large blooms twisting across a lacy ribbon. There is one print repeat in the width of the textile. In the compartment, formed by the meandering stems and the ribbons, there is a plant with three flowers and three leaves. There are selvedges on each side. The selvedge consist of 2.5 mm of satin with a twill effect, from the binding of groups of threads at intervals, and 5.5 mm woven in tabby, 18 threads of crimson tabby, then 12 outer threads with a white silk warp. There is no outer cordonnet. |
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Accession number | T.422-1960 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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