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471 Production time 1900-TAL?
433 Technology 1 * T; DAMAST)
594 Landscape BOHOUSLÄN
106 3533 288 531 ev 2866
Small ornamental cloth in a damask woven from red and white clay, with fringes of warp and hints around. Damastpatterns of dots and H-patterns. The red yarn appears as stripes in the stretcher. Difficult to determine the age of the objects. Most likely it is 1900s, if so probably machine-made. Spots. One cloth discolored (blue).
Literature: Becker, John m fl, Damask og drejl The history of Daekketöget in Denmark
Borgen’s publishing house 1989, p. 17-31 (weaving technology).
Damast on the table. Exhibition catalog from Nationalmuseum, 1990.
Catalogued 1997-11-26 VBT
NO 123: 2
Title: Cloth
Description:
471 Production time 1900-TAL?
433 Technology 1 * T; DAMAST)
594 Landscape BOHOUSLÄN
106 3533 288 531 ev 2866
Small ornamental cloth in a damask woven from red and white clay, with fringes of warp and hints around.
Damastpatterns of dots and H-patterns.
The red yarn appears as stripes in the stretcher.
Difficult to determine the age of the objects.
Most likely it is 1900s, if so probably machine-made.
Spots.
One cloth discolored (blue).
Literature: Becker, John m fl, Damask og drejl The history of Daekketöget in Denmark
Borgen’s publishing house 1989, p.
17-31 (weaving technology).
Damast on the table.
Exhibition catalog from Nationalmuseum, 1990.
Catalogued 1997-11-26 VBT
NO 123: 2.
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