Altar cloth
Category
Textiles
Date
1700 - 1730
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Silk, Wool
Measurements
1710 mm (Length)860 mm (W)
Place of origin
Spitalfields
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932789.11
Summary
Blue damask. Altar Cloth. Fabric, blue silk weft of heavier count, motifs unbalanced plain weave, ground warp faced satin, damask, selvages, green, gold, green, gold and green stripes (shattered); design, repeat not complete (see.3); lining, deep blue cotton warp and weft, unbalanced plain weave over double warp giving vertical ridge; trimming, braid wool worsted 23 mm (overdyed), warp brocaded geometric pattern; structure, lining machine sewn, edged on four sides.