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1921 (made)
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Banner of deep blue silk warp with a coarser silver grey rayon weft forming a sateen ground. A symmetrical abstract design is brocaded on the right hand side. It mainly consists of three flaming pinnacles in triangular formation with interlocking scallops in the inter spaces. The supplementary rayon wefts are in pastel shades of pinks, blues and greens with white.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand woven silk and rayon |
| Brief description | Banner of silk and rayon, designed and made by Ruth Lodge for Calimala, Great Britain, 1921. |
| Physical description | Banner of deep blue silk warp with a coarser silver grey rayon weft forming a sateen ground. A symmetrical abstract design is brocaded on the right hand side. It mainly consists of three flaming pinnacles in triangular formation with interlocking scallops in the inter spaces. The supplementary rayon wefts are in pastel shades of pinks, blues and greens with white. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'calimala' (Brocaded on the left hand side.) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Janet Milne |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.624-1974 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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