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Ribbon

ca. 1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cox & Co. (maker)
Place of origin
Coventry (made)

Ribbon of Jacquard-woven silk in blue and ivory with a scrolling leaf design. Blue ground to the outer side of a bold scrolling border of tendril and leaf shapes. Within this border the ground is in white tabby decorated with a thin meandering stem bearing clusters of trefoil leaves. These are delineated by areas of thick weft around areas bound in varied twill, producing a three-dimensional effect. There is a 'pearl edge' of blue weft after a satin selvedge. Label on the back stating the ribbon was exhibited in the 1851 Great Exhibition.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Great Exhibition
Accessories
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Ribbon
Materials and techniques
Jacquard-woven silk
Silk (Textile)
Brief description
Ribbon of Jacquard-woven silk, made by Cox & Co., Coventry, ca. 1851.
Physical description
Ribbon of Jacquard-woven silk in blue and ivory with a scrolling leaf design. Blue ground to the outer side of a bold scrolling border of tendril and leaf shapes. Within this border the ground is in white tabby decorated with a thin meandering stem bearing clusters of trefoil leaves. These are delineated by areas of thick weft around areas bound in varied twill, producing a three-dimensional effect. There is a 'pearl edge' of blue weft after a satin selvedge. Label on the back stating the ribbon was exhibited in the 1851 Great Exhibition.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Width: 18cm
Marks and inscriptions
'R / 1851 / C [within a square diamond] / No. XIII [underlined] / 66' (Label on the back)
Credit line
Given by HM Commissioners of the Great Exhibition of 1851
Object history
Formerly AP.393:9.
Subjects depicted
Leaf
Scrolling Foliage
Leaf Scrolls
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. 66
Other numbers
  • AP.393:9 - Previous number
  • AP.393 - Previous number
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.310-1967

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Record createdNovember 27, 2003
Record URL
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