Upholstery fabric
Category
Textiles
Date
1786 - 1791
Materials
Silk
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1350699
Summary
Upholstery fabric - A piece of warp woven silk slightly brocaded. It has horse chestnut brocaded stripes with tiny hieroglyphic motifs with a ground of horizontal stripes of sea green, strawberry pink and parchment. Possibly an upholstery fabric (cf. T.384-1972 in VandA).
Provenance
Charles Paget Wade Collection, Snowshill Manor