Shawl
ca. 1925 (made)
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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.
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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. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss Janet Milne |
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Accession number | T.625-1974 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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