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before 1700
This sample has an asymmetrical pattern of stylized leaves and buttonhole shapes, reminiscent of the slashed fabrics of the period. A very worn fabric, which originally had a velvet pile on the leaf s...
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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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before 1700
A double weave fabric, using fine yellow silk as the background fibre on one side and on the reverse blue linen. The pattern is an early damask type with stylized flowers and birds.
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before 1700
A brocatelle in blue and yellow. The background is a blue silk twill weave, with a leaf and border design in yellow silk satin weave. Includes selvedge.
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before 1700
A brocatelle with linen weft in red and yellow silk, with a half pattern repeat of organic stems.