Not on display

Curtain

1925-1928 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Curtain made of hand-woven silk and rayon. Grey silk warp with a coarser rayon weft forming a 2/2 twill. The lower two thirds of the curtain has a weft of pale gold which shades gradually to a deep burnt orange at the top hem. The top third is brocaded with a large stylised long necked bird in flight ('Calimala' bird). Grey supplementary rayon wefts form the bird's body and the eye is detailed in black and white.

The bottom has a narrow hem and the top is turned with part of a net lining attached. Rufflette tape has small brass rings sewn along its length.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hand-woven silk and rayon, brocaded, part with net lining
Brief description
Curtain made of hand-woven silk and rayon, designed and made by Ruth Vaughan Lodge for Calimala, Great Britain, 1925-1928
Physical description
Curtain made of hand-woven silk and rayon. Grey silk warp with a coarser rayon weft forming a 2/2 twill. The lower two thirds of the curtain has a weft of pale gold which shades gradually to a deep burnt orange at the top hem. The top third is brocaded with a large stylised long necked bird in flight ('Calimala' bird). Grey supplementary rayon wefts form the bird's body and the eye is detailed in black and white.

The bottom has a narrow hem and the top is turned with part of a net lining attached. Rufflette tape has small brass rings sewn along its length.
Dimensions
  • Length: 102in
  • Width: 47in
  • Length: 259cm
  • Width: 119.3cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Janet Milne
Object history
The brocaded long necked bird was called the 'Calimala' bird by Mrs. Lodge.
Collection
Accession number
T.634-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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