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Silk damask length
Probably English
1750–1800
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Silk; Damask
Dimensions
Overall: 121.9 x 54.6 cm (48 x 21 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Gertrude Townsend
Accession Number61.179
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRectangular length, full loom width. Pale slate blue warp, cream weft faded, orig. blue. All over pattern showing lattice work with fish-scale compartments formed by thin rose vine; rose sprig in each compartment. Both selvedges complete: flat, wide, with pink, yellow and white stripes. Blue silk tape sewed on back of silk. A few brown stains, one small break.
ProvenanceTaken from a dress made c. 1860 from silk said to have been used as curtains at Philadelphia in 18th c.