TWO PIECED PANELS OF IVORY AND PURPLE WOOL DAMASK

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TWO PIECED PANELS OF IVORY AND PURPLE WOOL DAMASK
Mid-18th Century, Norwich
Woven with stylised floral and pomegranate sprays, brocaded in red, yellow and pink wools with floral details, some damage and repairs;
26 in. x 43 in. (66 cm. x 110 cm.) and 33 in. x 44 in. (84 cm. x 112 cm.);
another matching fragment;
two panels of blue and pink ribbon striped wool, 1720s, Norwich;
and a fragment of woven red, yellow, green and ivory striped wool, circa 1720-30, Norwich or Spitalfields
See Wardrobe VII and XVI (6)

Literature

For last piece see plate 2, 'Woven Textile Designs in Britain to 1750, The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection', Nathalie Rothstein.

Lot Essay

Norwich Museum (Strangers' Hall) have several panels of similar wool brocades which were found in Spain. They are thought to have been found there due to the export trade of Norwich worsteds from England to Spain in the 18th Century. In the early 19th Century, this export trade was worth almost one twelfth of the total value of English exports at the time.

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