About this artwork
Anna Maria Garthwaite is one of only a handful of 18th-century textile designers whose names we know today. Her carefully annotated drawings (in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London) reveal her thorough understanding of European weaving technology. Her naturalistic and delicate floral fabrics have come to epitomize English taste of the mid-18th century. Evidence of this fabric’s use for a skirt can be seen at the top of the panel, where it was gathered into a seam at the waistline.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artists
- Anna Maria Garthwaite (Designer) , Daniel Vautier (Weaver)
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Title
- Skirt Panel for a Woman's Sack Gown
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Places
- England (Object made in), Spitalfields (Object made in), Western Europe (Object made in)
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Date
- Designed 1749
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Medium
- Silk, plain weave foundation with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts
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Dimensions
- 114.7 × 51 cm (45 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 66.1 cm (26 in.)
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Credit Line
- Mildred L. Davison Memorial Fund
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Reference Number
- 1995.388
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/143682/manifest.json
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