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Panel (Dress Fabric)

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave with ground weft floats; embroidered in machine-made chain stitches (tambour work); two loom widths joined.

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  • A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave with ground weft floats; embroidered in machine-made chain stitches (tambour work); two loom widths joined.

Date:

c. 1900

Artist:

France

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Panel (Dress Fabric)

Place

France (Object made in)

Date

Made 1890–1910

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave with ground weft floats; embroidered in machine-made chain stitches (tambour work); two loom widths joined

Dimensions

99 × 59.1 cm (39 × 23 1/4 in.) Repeat: 48 × 28.6 cm (18 7/8 × 11 1/4 in.) woven loom width: 59.3 cm 23 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Diana Morgan Senior

Reference Number

1988.472a

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