Length of Woven Silk

Textiles

1720s

England or Netherlands

Many of the woven silk textiles of the 1720s contain lace-like details such as those on this example, in which delicate patterns fill the petals and leaves, which surround stylized flowers. The colors employed reflect a knowledge of Persian textiles, subtle to modern eyes but apparent to 18th-century viewers.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Length of Woven Silk
Places: Netherlands (Object Probably made in), England (Object Probably made in)
Date: Made 1720-1729
Medium: Silk, plain weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts
Dimensions: 93.3 × 41.2 cm (36 3/4 × 16 1/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 42 cm (16 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Belle M. Borland Endowment
Reference Number: 1999.507
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