Not on display

Panel

1750-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Textile panel of woven silk. Woven with a floral pattern in orange on a white ground. The design consists of a meandering floral stem with at least three varieties of flower. There are small leaves and berries on the stems.

Tissue has a tabby ground and the pattern is bound in 3/1 twill by a separate white binding warp. The warp has 4 ground warp threads, and one binding warp thread. The weft has one ground and one pattern weft.

On the left hand side there is a selvedge, 7 cords woven in tabby, and the two inner with the ground weft only, the 5 outer cords with the ground and pattern weft used together.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk
Brief description
Textile panel of woven silk, France, 1750-1775
Physical description
Textile panel of woven silk. Woven with a floral pattern in orange on a white ground. The design consists of a meandering floral stem with at least three varieties of flower. There are small leaves and berries on the stems.

Tissue has a tabby ground and the pattern is bound in 3/1 twill by a separate white binding warp. The warp has 4 ground warp threads, and one binding warp thread. The weft has one ground and one pattern weft.

On the left hand side there is a selvedge, 7 cords woven in tabby, and the two inner with the ground weft only, the 5 outer cords with the ground and pattern weft used together.
Dimensions
  • Repeat width: 6.625in
  • Repeat length: 10.375in
  • Selvedge width: 0.125in
  • Height: 37.25in
  • Width: 9.75in
Collection
Accession number
T.430-1960

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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