Dress Fabric
ca. 1860 (made)
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This Jacquard woven silk and cotton mix fabric was manufactured by W. & C. Morley of Cheapside, London in about 1860. The fabric was designed to be made into dresses or waistcoats. Flowers remained the chief motif for textiles throughout the 1850s and 1860s and this example shows the type of stylised and linear designs based on flower forms and foliage which were available. Palms, ferns, ivy and other leaves were a popular choice.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Jacquard-woven silk and cotton |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of Jacquard-woven silk and cotton, manufactured by Messrs. W.& C. Morley, London, ca. 1860 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of Jacquard-woven silk and cotton. With a design in pale green silk on a brown cotton ground of interlining floral motifs. The dark brown cotton warp forms an outline in parts of the design. |
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| Summary | This Jacquard woven silk and cotton mix fabric was manufactured by W. & C. Morley of Cheapside, London in about 1860. The fabric was designed to be made into dresses or waistcoats. Flowers remained the chief motif for textiles throughout the 1850s and 1860s and this example shows the type of stylised and linear designs based on flower forms and foliage which were available. Palms, ferns, ivy and other leaves were a popular choice. |
| Bibliographic reference | Parry, Linda. British Textiles from 1850 to 1900 London : Victoria and Albert Museum 1993. Plate 22. |
| Other number | AP.318:8 - Previous number |
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| Accession number | T.38F-1959 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2004 |
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