Dress

Catalogue note by Natalie Rothstein. Early 1760s silk. Deep pink tabby ground with one white pattern weft forming a pattern of a sinuous leafy stem entwined with rosettes with separate sprigs between. Material width: 19 1/4 in; selvage 1/8 in. Repeat: width: 9 5/8 in; length: 13 in. There are two other colourways of this design in the earliest Batchelor, Ham and Perigal book of samples T.375-1972 in the V&A Museum, p 306 with a version in white on blue and another on yellow. These are illustrated in Silk Designs (1990) pl 286, cross reference to this dress p 253. Warp count: 96 threads to cm, 24.5 cms in repeat divided by 6 (découpure) = cords in design - approximately = 392 or, more likely, 400. A good quality silk.
Condition: A bit dirty and faded. A pity it has been remade. Plainweave cotton (?) lining; white and blue plaid silk ribbon, 7.5cm wide; cream coloured silk satin facings