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Dress fabric

Unknown1729/1738

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Dress fabric of brocaded silk. With a design of islands with trees, flowers and houses. From the islands hang a large flower. With stags, birds and fruit. The green silk has a pattern weft bound on the surface in 1/3 twill as are all the other brocaded colours. The ground is a white tabby and is slightly ribbed. The selvedge contains stripes of brown (8 warp threads), white (10) and brown (10) edged by four cords of pink silk.

There is a comber repeat in the width of the material. Does not contain a full repeat in the height. The loom width between selvedges is 16.5 inches.

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  • Title: Dress fabric
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1729/1738
  • Location: England
  • Physical Dimensions: Length: 16 in, Width: 16 in
  • Provenance: Given by Mrs M. Evans
  • Medium: Brocaded silk
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