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Dress fabric

Anna Maria Garthwaite1748

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Dress fabric of brocaded silk. Woven with a cream taffeta ground and a brocaded floral design. A green branch with flowers and fruit in crimson, brown, blue and other coloured silks are displayed on an open ground. There is a small self-coloured quatrefoil motif in the background. The repeat of the design takes up the full width of the panel. The selvedge consists of one outer cord and a plain tabby strip 0.19 inch wide.

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  • Title: Dress fabric
  • Creator: Garthwaite, Anna Maria
  • Date Created: 1748
  • Location: Spitalfields
  • Physical Dimensions: Length: 27.75 in repeat, Length: 69 in, Width: 19 in
  • Provenance: Given by the Silk and Rayon Users Association
  • Medium: Brocaded silk
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