1851~, Spitalfields
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1851~, Spitalfields
- Identifier
- T.31-1959
- Carried out by
- Clarke, Jane (http://data.silknow.org/activity/designer)
- Collection
- Technique
- Embroidery 69%
- Embroidery 70%
- Embroidery 78%
- Embroidery 99%
- Embroidery 56%
- Embroidery 95%
- Depiction
- Floral motif 73%
- Floral motif 60%
- Floral motif 73%
- Dimension
- 33.655 cm (height)46.99 cm (width)24.13 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
Sample of brocaded and enamelled silk. With a white ground woven in tabby and covered with gold baskets filled with green enamel shamrocks enriched with a textured silver strip. The gold thread is brocaded and the green silk and silver strip are pattern wefts. There is no complete repeat in the length of the design. The top three inches of the silk are without a design.
Sample of brocaded and enamelled silk, possibly made by Jane Clarke, Spitalfields, ca. 1851
