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Design

1735 - 1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Garthwaite, Anna Maria (maker)
Place of origin
Spitalfields (made)

Partly squared up for cords and dezines in ink

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Designs
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Watercolour
Drawing
Brief description
Design for a woven silk made by Anna Maria Garthwaite, Spitalfields, ca. 1735 - 1740.
Physical description
Partly squared up for cords and dezines in ink
Dimensions
  • Of design height: 73cm
  • Of design width: 27.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '37 39/ 14/15 53/39 /14 /105' Calculations

    Note
    front; pencil

  • '9,'

    Note
    back

Subject depicted
Plants
Bibliographic reference
Rothstein, Natalie. Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1990. P351,. Ill. ISBN 0500235899.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
5977:15

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Record createdFebruary 6, 2004
Record URL
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