Fabric
Category
Textiles
Date
1981
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Measurements
3206 mm (Length)1270 mm (W)
Place of origin
Sudbury
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 933284.2
Summary
Great hall damask. Fabric, red cotton warp and weft, damask warp satin ground, plain weave motifs; design, repeat 2005 mm x loom width, formal plant motifs; structure, two selvages, cut two ends. Label 'Gainsborough Furnishing Fabrics, Fabrics of The Gainsborough Silk Weaving Co.Ltd. Sudbury, Suffolk, Design No 5957 Trail 924 length 6.00 metres'.
Marks and inscriptions
Gainsborough Furnishing Fabrics, Fabrics of The Gainsborough Silk Weaving Co.Ltd. Sudbury, Suffolk, Design No 5957 Trail 924 length 6.00 metres (label)