Cover
ca. 1710 - ca. 1715 (made)
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Small cover of brocaded silk damask. The cover has a salmon pink ground brocaded in selver-gilt thread and coloured silks. It has a pale blue lining and is edged with silver-gilt lace. The silk has a bizarre design with exotic fruit and leaves in gold thread twisting around a vertical stripe. Some details of the design are carried by the damask ground. There are semi-naturalistic flowers in 2 shades of blue, two of pink, and light emerald green leaves. There are two repeats in the length of the material.
Technical details
The pattern is made of a satin of 5 ground and reverse satin. The brocaded wefts are bound in 4/1 twill by a proportion of the ground warp threads. The repeate is incomplete in length.
Technical details
The pattern is made of a satin of 5 ground and reverse satin. The brocaded wefts are bound in 4/1 twill by a proportion of the ground warp threads. The repeate is incomplete in length.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk damask |
| Brief description | Small cover of brocaded silk damask, French, ca. 1710 - ca. 1715. |
| Physical description | Small cover of brocaded silk damask. The cover has a salmon pink ground brocaded in selver-gilt thread and coloured silks. It has a pale blue lining and is edged with silver-gilt lace. The silk has a bizarre design with exotic fruit and leaves in gold thread twisting around a vertical stripe. Some details of the design are carried by the damask ground. There are semi-naturalistic flowers in 2 shades of blue, two of pink, and light emerald green leaves. There are two repeats in the length of the material. Technical details The pattern is made of a satin of 5 ground and reverse satin. The brocaded wefts are bound in 4/1 twill by a proportion of the ground warp threads. The repeate is incomplete in length. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Hudson |
| Object history | Registered File number 1962/2255 |
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| Accession number | T.59-1963 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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