Untitled
Category
Textiles
Date
1769 - c 1840
Materials
Silk Cotton
Measurements
650 mm (Width); 370 mm (Length)
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151865.4.10
Summary
Silk fragment. Fragments only of crimson silk damask, with crimson silk warp and crimson worsted weft. It has a warp faced satin ground with plain weave motifs and the repeat is of two alternating formal plant motifs. It has a pink/brown cotton twill weave lining and is cut on two sides with a machine sewn hem on two sides. It is French or possibly English.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.