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Sample

ca. 1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
J. & W. Robinson & Co. (maker)
Place of origin
Spitalfields (made)

Sample of vest fabric of a Jacquard-woven silk with a design of waterlilies.

Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Textiles
Great Exhibition
SCRAN
Object type
Sample
Materials and techniques
Jacquard-woven silk
Silk (Textile)
Weaving
Brief description
Sample of vest fabric of a Jacquard-woven silk with a design of waterlilies, made by J & W Robinson & Co., Spitalfields, ca. 1851.
Physical description
Sample of vest fabric of a Jacquard-woven silk with a design of waterlilies.
Subject depicted
Water Lily
Bibliographic references
  • Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
  • Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nation 1851. London : Spicer Bros., 1851 Class XIII, No. 24
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
AP.356:2

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Record createdNovember 26, 2003
Record URL
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