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Shawl

ca. 1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand woven evening shawl of a warp of orange silk bordered by bands of blue silk with orange silk weft, forming a tabby ground. One end has a narrow striped band and a gryphon brocaded in rayon of two yellow shades and pale blue. Along the edges of the main field are simple, well spaced foliate trefoils and a single sprig. The other end has a similar striped band, but a supplementary magenta rayon weft darkens the ground on which two confronted gryphons are brocaded in pale blue rayon. Small crescents and trefoils brocaded in yellow rayon decorate the inter spaces.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hand woven silk and rayon
Brief description
Evening shawl of silk and rayon, designed and made by Ruth Lodge for Calimala, Great Britain, ca. 1925.
Physical description
Hand woven evening shawl of a warp of orange silk bordered by bands of blue silk with orange silk weft, forming a tabby ground. One end has a narrow striped band and a gryphon brocaded in rayon of two yellow shades and pale blue. Along the edges of the main field are simple, well spaced foliate trefoils and a single sprig. The other end has a similar striped band, but a supplementary magenta rayon weft darkens the ground on which two confronted gryphons are brocaded in pale blue rayon. Small crescents and trefoils brocaded in yellow rayon decorate the inter spaces.
Dimensions
  • Length: 83in
  • Width: 25in
  • Length: 2.108m
  • Width: 0.635m
  • Diameter: 82mm (Note: Diameter of roller and velcro)
Credit line
Given by Miss Janet Milne
Collection
Accession number
T.625-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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