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textile fragments
19th Century
Two pieces of double weave in two-tone tan and cream with a symmetrical design of eagles and stylised flowers and flowers. One piece has paper residue from being glued onto a backing.
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1735
Silk brocade in a pink and black striped background with a brocaded pattern of flowers and lace/ribbon, the colours of which are created by long stripes of differing colours of thread throughout the w...
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mid 16th-mid 17th Century
A brocatelle weave with yellow silk and linen weft and pink silk warp in a symmetrical pattern of stylised plants.
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mid 16th-mid 17th Century
This silk piece is possibly a dress fabric from the mid 16th century. It has red warp and yellow weft with a fine yellow metal strand. The large design is a lattice pattern with scrolls and dolphins...
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mid 16th-mid 17th Century
A brocatelle with a twill weave green and yellow selvedge. The design has a red silk warp and yellow silk and linen weft. Much of the yellow silk has worn away. There are signs of stitched and line...
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mid 16th-mid 17th Century
Three pieces of textile jointed together with stitching, of the same or similar designs. The damask organic symetrical pattern uses two colours. Twill weave and satin weave.
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mid 16th-mid 17th Century
A brocattelle weave in red and yellow silk threads and natural coloured linen, with linen weft and silk warp.
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mid 16th-mid 17th Century
A brocatelle of linen and silk in yellow and red with a silk warp. The large scrolling pattern is characteristic of the mid 16th century.
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mid 16th-mid 17th Century
A brocattelle weave in red and yellow silk threads and natural coloured linen, with linen weft and silk warp.
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early 17th Century
Two pieces of silk sewn together with running stitch, with a design in two shades of green of stylised asymmetrical flowers.
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early 18th Century
Complex weave brocaded dress silk with a bizarre pattern. The yellow threads are wrapped with gold, and the white threads wrapped with silver, though much of the metal has now worn away.
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mid 18th Century
Woven silk dress fabric. Tabby ground with tobine stripes, within which are small white flowers. The fabric has been brocaded with coloured silks in floral spray patterns.