Skirt panel

Skirt panel of brocaded silk satin. Consisting of three loom widths of silk (19.5 inches wide) and has been cut from a dress, and part of the lining and a trimming along the lower edge remain. The silk is woven in satin with a white ground and narrow red stripes. At four inch intervals are brocaded vertical stems of roses and the flowers are carried out in chenille thread and green, pink and black silk. This stem intertwines with a white 'lace' meander sprigged with a red and green flower. There are small brocaded flowers between the stems. The selvedge is woven in satin with three stripes green-white-green.