1760 / 1769, Spitalfields

1760 / 1769, Spitalfields

Identifier
T.27-1981
Acquisition
Given by C.A. Burgers
Collection
Material
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
72.39 cm (length)
27.94 cm (length)
72.4 cm (length)
48.895 cm (width)
48.9 cm (width)
23.495 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Dress fabric of silk moiré, made in Spitalfields, London, 1760s Dress fabric of pale blue silk moiré. Blue watered silk with a floral pattern created with a flushing warp, and red selvedge. The pattern represents sprays of flowers in a unconnected meander. Two repeats per loom width. The repeats across the width of the silk are mirror-images of each other.