1860 (?)
Fabric sample
Indian Brocaded Silk. Two fragments T290a - 9”x4” plus (folded under) black ground with gold paisley featureless forms T290b - 9”x4” plus (folded under) intricate paisley forms in gold, brown, cream & black. paisley design; adaptation of a typical design of India; the flowering cypress tree that grew so tall that the top was bent over was sacred to them; the design was made popular in Europe when the laws of England prohibited imported cottons from tne east in order to protect their home industries; Sewn to cardboard (no fabric intermediate) Also present is an illustration of Indian brocade (glued): a design seen so often in the scotch shawls woven in paisley, scotland; sometimes called the "pear" but it was originally a tree design and is usually solid with flowers; the roots are never seen, symbolic of the mysterious origin of life and fertility of the soil;
Provenance:
Child, Mrs. Arthur G., Greewich, CT
Construction Label:
Silk Brocade
1948T 1860.290 a/b
Indian Brocaded Silk. Two fragments T290a - 9”x4” plus (folded under) black ground with gold paisley featureless forms T290b - 9”x4” plus (folded under) intricate paisley forms in gold, brown, cream & black. paisley design; adaptation of a typical design of India; the flowering cypress tree that grew so tall that the top was bent over was sacred to them; the design was made popular in Europe when the laws of England prohibited imported cottons from tne east in order to protect their home industries; Sewn to cardboard (no fabric intermediate) Also present is an illustration of Indian brocade (glued): a design seen so often in the scotch shawls woven in paisley, scotland; sometimes called the "pear" but it was originally a tree design and is usually solid with flowers; the roots are never seen, symbolic of the mysterious origin of life and fertility of the soil;
Provenance:
Child, Mrs. Arthur G., Greewich, CT
Construction Label:
Silk Brocade
1948T 1860.290 a/b