Textile Fragment
19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
A silk woven, patterned fabric. The ground is 1:5 twill, Z direction, over most of the fabric but varies over the pattern. The pattern is created with lance effects of the supplementary wefts. The ground weft is paired with two supplementary wefts of differing colours (eg: green + purple and yellow or green + red and yellow etc). The pattern is of geometric versions of floral icons. The fragment has selvedge on one side.
Warp
1) silk, 1-ply, no evidence of twist, stiffened
red
app. 60 ends cm
Weft
1) ground
silk, x-ply, STA, thick
green
app. 18 picks cm
2) supplementary lance
silk, x-ply, no evidence of twist, thick
white / yellow / red / purple / peach
Ratio 1:2
Warp
1) silk, 1-ply, no evidence of twist, stiffened
red
app. 60 ends cm
Weft
1) ground
silk, x-ply, STA, thick
green
app. 18 picks cm
2) supplementary lance
silk, x-ply, no evidence of twist, thick
white / yellow / red / purple / peach
Ratio 1:2
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven silk |
| Brief description | Fragment of woven, patterned silk. Japan 19th century. |
| Physical description | A silk woven, patterned fabric. The ground is 1:5 twill, Z direction, over most of the fabric but varies over the pattern. The pattern is created with lance effects of the supplementary wefts. The ground weft is paired with two supplementary wefts of differing colours (eg: green + purple and yellow or green + red and yellow etc). The pattern is of geometric versions of floral icons. The fragment has selvedge on one side. Warp 1) silk, 1-ply, no evidence of twist, stiffened red app. 60 ends cm Weft 1) ground silk, x-ply, STA, thick green app. 18 picks cm 2) supplementary lance silk, x-ply, no evidence of twist, thick white / yellow / red / purple / peach Ratio 1:2 |
| Dimensions |
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| Gallery label | Figured silk. Yedo, Japan:19th century. Five shuttles - green, red, blue, pink and yellow - have been used to weave this pattern on a pink warp. |
| Summary | A silk woven, patterned fabric. The ground is 1:5 twill, Z direction, over most of the fabric but varies over the pattern. The pattern is created with lance effects of the supplementary wefts. The ground weft is paired with two supplementary wefts of differing colours (eg: green + purple and yellow or green + red and yellow etc). The pattern is of geometric versions of floral icons. The fragment has selvedge on one side. Warp 1) silk, 1-ply, no evidence of twist, stiffened red app. 60 ends cm Weft 1) ground silk, x-ply, STA, thick green app. 18 picks cm 2) supplementary lance silk, x-ply, no evidence of twist, thick white / yellow / red / purple / peach Ratio 1:2 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FEC.LOST 98/15/4.29 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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