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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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1550-1600
Simple and twill weave damask silk in red and yellow. Though the sample is small the full pattern of the fabric is included. In a larger example at the V&A the floral piece has a half drop repeat wit...
ikat fragment
1630-1660
A chiné silk with a coarser linen weft thread in a satin weave, with a very narrow selvege. This piece is in yellow, white, red and green. It is believed that Ikat weaving didn’t begin in Europe u...