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Gown of brocaded satin in coloured silks, designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite, woven in Spitalfields, 1740s and altered in 1780s. Gown of brocaded oyster coloured satin in coloured silks. Two large sprays flowers fill the width of the repeat, linked by upwa
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Gown of brocaded satin in coloured silks, designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite, woven in Spitalfields, 1740s and altered in 1780s. Gown of brocaded oyster coloured satin in coloured silks. Two large sprays flowers fill the width of the repeat, linked by upwards and downwards trails of bright pink berries and rose buds. From both sprays the flowers in upwards stems are brocaded in pink, fawn, lilac, white and black, while those hanging downwards are in shades of blue, yellow and red. Greens are used for the stems and leaves. The flowers are shaded in points rentrés. Close-fronted bodice and an open fronted skirt with a fitted back. It was altered in the 1780s, and involved the back resetting of the skirt to give a concave waist seam, and removal of the cuffs and of the robings from the front of the bodice, which has been extended to meet in the centre front where it is now tied with three sets of ribbons. The ribbons are of red and green tobine with deckled edges. The sleeves are trimmed with lace. Ground with a satin of 5 interruption of 2. The wefts of the brocaded design are bound only by decoupures and not by a separate binding warp. The selvedge, 4 mm (0.125 inches), are two red stripes on self coloured ground. Gros de Tours. Width of silk (single comber repeat) between selvedges is 20.75 inches. Brocaded satin in coloured silks.
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Title: Gown of brocaded satin in coloured silks, designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite, woven in Spitalfields, 1740s and altered in 1780s. Gown of brocaded oyster coloured satin in coloured silks. Two large sprays flowers fill the width of the repeat, linked by upwa
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Gown of brocaded satin in coloured silks, designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite, woven in Spitalfields, 1740s and altered in 1780s.
Gown of brocaded oyster coloured satin in coloured silks.
Two large sprays flowers fill the width of the repeat, linked by upwards and downwards trails of bright pink berries and rose buds.
From both sprays the flowers in upwards stems are brocaded in pink, fawn, lilac, white and black, while those hanging downwards are in shades of blue, yellow and red.
Greens are used for the stems and leaves.
The flowers are shaded in points rentrés.
Close-fronted bodice and an open fronted skirt with a fitted back.
It was altered in the 1780s, and involved the back resetting of the skirt to give a concave waist seam, and removal of the cuffs and of the robings from the front of the bodice, which has been extended to meet in the centre front where it is now tied with three sets of ribbons.
The ribbons are of red and green tobine with deckled edges.
The sleeves are trimmed with lace.
Ground with a satin of 5 interruption of 2.
The wefts of the brocaded design are bound only by decoupures and not by a separate binding warp.
The selvedge, 4 mm (0.
125 inches), are two red stripes on self coloured ground.
Gros de Tours.
Width of silk (single comber repeat) between selvedges is 20.
75 inches.
Brocaded satin in coloured silks.
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