Pattern Book
1767 (made)
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John Kelly was the agent of a Norwich textiles manufacturer. This is a sample book with costs of production of various worsteds. Usually there is one sample per page, with description and costs for different aspects of production. The types of textiles represented include: bed damask, flowered satin, taborette, grandine, blondine, checked dresden, ladine, floretta, martinique, checked harliqueens, corded harliqueens, esterata, diamantine, chiverett, striped callimanco, striped and shaded camblett.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Worsted is a fabric woven from long staple wool, which is prepared for weaving by combing rather than carding, and can have a smooth finish suitable for glazing. In the second half of the 18th century, the majority of the worsteds exported were calimancoes. A contemporary writer commented that 'these were woven in various patterns which ... were composed of the richest and most brilliant dyes and variegated by an endless diversity of colours ... this manufacture was peculiar to Norwich, and the colours employed for it surpassed any others dyed in Europe'. |
| Brief description | 1767, British; Kelly, John of Norwich |
| Physical description | John Kelly was the agent of a Norwich textiles manufacturer. This is a sample book with costs of production of various worsteds. Usually there is one sample per page, with description and costs for different aspects of production. The types of textiles represented include: bed damask, flowered satin, taborette, grandine, blondine, checked dresden, ladine, floretta, martinique, checked harliqueens, corded harliqueens, esterata, diamantine, chiverett, striped callimanco, striped and shaded camblett. |
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| Associated object | 67-1885 (Set) |
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| Accession number | 68-1885 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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