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1700-1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Panel of woven silk. With a bizarre design with archways in one row and minarets in the next flanked by columns surmounted by a triangular cornice. There are large brocaded semi-naturalistic flowers on a different scale to the architectural motifs. The technique is tissue or lampas with a crimson damask ground and the pattern bound in 3/1 twill by a white binding warp. Gold and silver filé and frisé are used for the architectural parts of the design, and pale coloured silk for the flowers. The main outlines are made by the crimson satin ground. Selvages: 8 cords, 0.31 inch wide.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven silk
Brief description
Panel of woven silk, France, 1700-1710
Physical description
Panel of woven silk. With a bizarre design with archways in one row and minarets in the next flanked by columns surmounted by a triangular cornice. There are large brocaded semi-naturalistic flowers on a different scale to the architectural motifs. The technique is tissue or lampas with a crimson damask ground and the pattern bound in 3/1 twill by a white binding warp. Gold and silver filé and frisé are used for the architectural parts of the design, and pale coloured silk for the flowers. The main outlines are made by the crimson satin ground. Selvages: 8 cords, 0.31 inch wide.
Dimensions
  • Repeat length: 31.25in
  • Repeat width: 10.5in
  • Length: 74.5in
  • Width: 20.625in
Collection
Accession number
T.80-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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