Sellingantiques.co.uk Logo
 48,107 antiques pages browsed today 146 antiques uploaded 26 July
ANTIQUE #SA1213657

A Length Of Spitalfields Bizarre Silk Lampas

£1,500    $2,007    €1,757
Circa 1710-1715
 
The pearl satin ground with yellow trailing leaves bearing further foliate motifs, flowers and fruits in blue, green, coral, sienna and purple. Bizarre silks with patterns such as this, that can be orientated either way, may have been woven to accommodate the possibility that they might be used for a night gown or the wide skirt of a mantua, and allowed that the silk might run over the shoulder, or the top of the skirt, uninterrupted so that the pattern would continue ‘upside down’ on the back. A night gown in the collection of the V & A, of a comparable Spitalfields silk dating to 1707-1708, is constructed in this way (accession number T.281-1983). The current silk also has similarities with a design by James Leman in the same museum (accession number E.4462-1909).
 
Internal Reference: 138b
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1213657
Dateline of this antique is 18th Century
Height is 90cm (35.4inches)
Width is 50cm (19.7inches)
Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
Antique SA1213657 shown on this page was made in the 18th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
←C18th
Famous inventions historic timeline graphic to help to give historical context to the date of this antique.
CONTACT DETAILS OF SELLER:
TEXTILE ANTIQUES PROFILE PHOTO WHICH LINKS TO DEALER PAGE
Textile Antiques
Fine European textiles and tapestries of the period spanning the 15th century to the early 20th century.
Essex
United Kingdom
Tel: 01279 816 869
EMAIL SELLER
EXTRA RESOURCES