Panel
1750-1775 (made)
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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.
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
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| 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. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.430-1960 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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