Three pieces of brocaded silk, from a dress, with a floral pattern on a white ground with stems and leaves in green and flowers in coloured silks.
Brocaded gros de tours with a binding warp taken from the ground. The pattern is bound in 3/1 twill. Warp count is approximately 192 threads to the inch.
Cords in design 192/4 x 10 = approx. 480
Selvages is 0.375 inch white tabby with four green stripes and one outer cord.
Plain weave ground in white silk, with supplementary weft of white silk. Brocaded in 6 colours, bound in twill.
Selvedges - green stripes made by single warp threads.
Brocaded gros de tours with a binding warp taken from the ground. The patten is bound in 3-1 twill.
Width of repeat (point) 10 inches, découpure 4.
Length of repeat 22.75 inches.