Design
1742 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Anna Maria Garthwaite was born in 1690 and became one of the leading pattern drawers in the English silk industry despite the likelihood that she did not receive the formal technical training usually considered necessary to take up such a profession. She produced as many as 80 commissioned designs a year, such as this one, for master weavers and mercers. She lived and worked in Spitalfields, London from about 1730 until her death in 1763. Her interest in natural form--and her talent for depicting it--characterized her designs throughout her professional life.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Design for a woven silk made by Anna Maria Garthwaite, Spitalfields, 1742. |
| Physical description | Squared up and numbered for cords and dezines in pencil. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Mr Pully. June 16 1742 Revers'd / 3 Shuttles 3/4' |
| Object history | A dress made of silk woven from this design is in the Institute of Arts, Albany, New York, USA, 1944.60.1, said to have belonged to Catherine Livingstone, member of a merchant family of Albany. Another silk, made into a skirt, is in the National Museum of Ireland in dublin, 167, 1944. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Anna Maria Garthwaite was born in 1690 and became one of the leading pattern drawers in the English silk industry despite the likelihood that she did not receive the formal technical training usually considered necessary to take up such a profession. She produced as many as 80 commissioned designs a year, such as this one, for master weavers and mercers. She lived and worked in Spitalfields, London from about 1730 until her death in 1763. Her interest in natural form--and her talent for depicting it--characterized her designs throughout her professional life. |
| Bibliographic reference | Rothstein, Natalie. Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1990. P351,. Ill. ISBN 0500235899. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 5981:10/B |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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