Shawl
ca. 1925 (made)
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Evening shawl of hand woven silk and rayon. It has a pale blue rayon warp with rayon weft forming a broken twill ground. The weft is shaded from lilac at each end, gradually through pale blue and lilac, to pale green and pale blue in the centre. A long twisted rayon fringe, lilac and purple at the ends, pale blue and lilac then pale blue and gree along the central area, is knotted into three edges. The rayons were dyed with aniline dyestuffs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand woven silk and rayon, rayon dyed with aniline dyestuff |
| Brief description | Evening shawl of silk and rayon, designed and made by Ruth Lodge for Calimala, Great Britain, ca. 1925. |
| Physical description | Evening shawl of hand woven silk and rayon. It has a pale blue rayon warp with rayon weft forming a broken twill ground. The weft is shaded from lilac at each end, gradually through pale blue and lilac, to pale green and pale blue in the centre. A long twisted rayon fringe, lilac and purple at the ends, pale blue and lilac then pale blue and gree along the central area, is knotted into three edges. The rayons were dyed with aniline dyestuffs. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Janet Milne |
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| Accession number | T.617-1974 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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