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SOLD

Norwich Wool 3
Early 18th c

This has been a skirt panel with a join at the top. The back of the fabric has the colours in reverse. These pieces of fabric are very rare, wool damask being hard to find, but knowing it was woven in Norwich is very special.

The damask fabric was known as spigeldamast or mirror damask and the shine (calendaring) was achieved by putting the completed fabric through heated cylinders. Calendering makes the fabric dirt resistant and therefore stronger.

The thumbnail photo is not great. Ask for more photos. This fabric is quite difficult to photograph.

See my article on Norwich Wool Damask in the ARTICLES section and the skirts in SOLD.

Cataloguing

wool woven with a damask pattern of large full blown flowers in pale mauve on a pale blue ground, the top part joined and with a narrow cord to lower hem edge, 31 in or 79 cm pattern repeat
45 x 15 1/2 in or 1.14 x 39 cm selvedge to selvedge.

Condition

Couple of small areas of wear to top left large flower. This piece has faded. The underside is good and the mauve can clearly be seen. The bottom 6 1/2 in or 17 cm is quite damaged.