Cover
1710-1720 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Cover of silk tissue with a satin ground. The design consists of luxuriant fruit, unnatural flowers and scrolls with variously diapered grounds and is entirely carried out in gold filé and frisé, and silver filé and frisé threads. The salmon pink ground is masked except where it defines the edges of the design. Lined with red silk. Around three sides is a border of gold lace. Pattern bound in 3/1 twill by a fine white silk binding warp.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk tissue, satin, gold and silver threads, gold lace, lined with silk |
| Brief description | Cover of silk tissue, France, 1710-1720 |
| Physical description | Cover of silk tissue with a satin ground. The design consists of luxuriant fruit, unnatural flowers and scrolls with variously diapered grounds and is entirely carried out in gold filé and frisé, and silver filé and frisé threads. The salmon pink ground is masked except where it defines the edges of the design. Lined with red silk. Around three sides is a border of gold lace. Pattern bound in 3/1 twill by a fine white silk binding warp. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Salter |
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| Accession number | T.71-1959 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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