Textile / sample / silk

Description

Sample of silk showing a background of brown silk with a shot effect and woven with motifs of a fish, butterfly, a sea creature and foliage in silk and metal threads: possibly Netherlands, c. 1736

Museum reference

A.1977.257

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Textile / sample / silk

Production information

Netherlands, Western Europe

Date

c. 1736

Materials

Silk, Silk, Metallic thread

Physical description

Brown silk with brown silk and silver and gold metal threads

Associations

Haddington collection (NMS)