Dress Panel
1800-1825 (made)
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Panel of painted silk dress fabric. It comprises three panels seamed selvedge to selvedge, with a drawstring at the top suggesting that it may have been used as an apron.The silk has been crudely cut at each side, possibly to reuse individual painted motifs for another purpose.The ground is a plain woven cream silk, painted with isolated motifs of exotic birds and English flowers. There are traces of old needleholes and thread in the body of the panel, indicating that it might have been pleated or gathered at some stage.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | painted silk |
| Brief description | Panel of painted dress silk, birds and flowers on a cream ground |
| Physical description | Panel of painted silk dress fabric. It comprises three panels seamed selvedge to selvedge, with a drawstring at the top suggesting that it may have been used as an apron.The silk has been crudely cut at each side, possibly to reuse individual painted motifs for another purpose.The ground is a plain woven cream silk, painted with isolated motifs of exotic birds and English flowers. There are traces of old needleholes and thread in the body of the panel, indicating that it might have been pleated or gathered at some stage. |
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| Credit line | Given by the executor of the estate of Janet Arnold |
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| Accession number | T.117-2001 |
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| Record created | August 23, 2001 |
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