Woven dress fabric, Spitalfields, England, 1734. Dress fabric of silk damask with a design of 'islands' with tiny houses, a fence, large trees, shrubs and hanging fruits. Beneath each island is a large flower and fruit, with a cluster of smaller fruits, all on one cut stem. The height of the repeat is 27^1/2"(70cm). There are two repeats in the width of the silk. The selvedge is woven with stripes of red and white warp.