Cloth Fragment

Object Name:

Cloth Fragment

Object ID:

1942.006.15

Place of Origin:

France

Date:

1850-1865

Description:

Textile fragments. Six drapery fragments of French brocatelle and one wool tassel from the collection of Margaret H. Jewell (1866-1970). Woven with individual silk and linen warp and weft yarns in gold and red with a 24.5" pattern repeat of red scrolls, with gold and red berries, surrounding a center motif of red flowers with a gold ground. Different size panels.

1. Triangular fragment, 39" x 26", three-piece construction, two 0.25" seams, one horizontal, one vertical, seam running parallel to design pattern hand stitched selvedge to
selvedge.

2. Fragment of a single panel, 26" x 21.25", has one pointed angle, pressed under 0.25" on three sides, one raw edge, two selvedges.

3. Fragment, 26.50" x 21", one pointed edge, four sides pressed under 0.25", two selvedges.

4. Fragment, six-sided shape, 21" x 27, two-panel construction, seamed 0.25" selvedge to selvedge on the diagonal, three of the six sides are pressed under 0.25".

5. Fragment, possibly a valance, 20" x 85", six-piece construction, four 0.25" seams hand stitched selvedge to selvedge.

6. Fragment, 32" x 62", three-piece construction, two seams selvedge to selvedge, large piece cut out from one panel, two edges pressed under 0.25", remaining unevenly cut raw edges.

7. Wool tassel, 5.5" long, 4" in circumference. Spindle-carved wooden core partially wrapped in burgundy silk yarn; two red wool pom-poms, one on the spindle top and one on bottom; trimmed with two-ply Z-twist wool fringe.

Material:

Textile
Silk
Linen
Wool
Wood

Dimensions:

W-85 L-20 inches

Provenance:

From the collection of Margaret H. Jewell (1866-1970).

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell

People:

Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)

Subjects:

Upholstery, Textiles, Silk, Interior decoration, Brocade, Flowers, Scrolls, Brocatelle