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A LENGTH OF PALE PINK SILK
Circa 1780
Brocaded in coloured silks, metal-threads and coloured foil with trails of flowers and berries joined by bows, onto which are hooked baskets of fruit and horns, shadowed and the field spotted with a flush pattern in the ground, slight staining and splitting
19 in. x 40 in. (48 cm. x 102 cm.);
another of ivory silk woven with narrow gilt metal stripes and brocaded in coloured silks and silver metal threads with floral sprigs and trails applied with red foil and sequin details, 1770s/80s
21 in. x 27 in. (53 cm. x 70 cm.);
and two lengths of ivory silk woven with self-coloured narrow stripes and floral trails, brocaded in coloured silks with posies of flowers and sprigs, 1760s, probably Spitalfields
19 in. x 42 in. (50 cm. x 107 cm.) (4)
Circa 1780
Brocaded in coloured silks, metal-threads and coloured foil with trails of flowers and berries joined by bows, onto which are hooked baskets of fruit and horns, shadowed and the field spotted with a flush pattern in the ground, slight staining and splitting
19 in. x 40 in. (48 cm. x 102 cm.);
another of ivory silk woven with narrow gilt metal stripes and brocaded in coloured silks and silver metal threads with floral sprigs and trails applied with red foil and sequin details, 1770s/80s
21 in. x 27 in. (53 cm. x 70 cm.);
and two lengths of ivory silk woven with self-coloured narrow stripes and floral trails, brocaded in coloured silks with posies of flowers and sprigs, 1760s, probably Spitalfields
19 in. x 42 in. (50 cm. x 107 cm.) (4)