feathers … but not ….

(Source: browndresswithwhitedots, via camisole)

aleyma:

Detail of a waistcoat, made in Britain, c.1790-99 (source).

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rhondaayliffe:

Rhonda Ayliffe

‘Cassell’s Modern Encyclopaedia’

a mother’s gift - 1941

wrapped in a ball of my handspun tussah silk from 1991

(via art and etc: art gesture sunday - week 48…)

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Wedding dress (detail)

• Place of origin:

  London, England (made)

• Date:

  January 1902 (made) 
  10 February 1902 (worn)

• Artist/Maker:

  Sarah Fullerton Monteith Young (designer and maker) 
  Grosvenor, Alice Sibell (Hon.) (embroidery motifs, designer)

• Materials and Techniques:

  Hand-painted, overembroidered crystalline organza mounted over silk satin and chiffon

  Wedding dress of shiny faced cream satin veiled in chiffon and covered with crystalline organza. It is trimmed with painted shaded pale blue fabric applique, feather stitches in cream and gilt with long silver beads applied.

  Courtesy of V&A Collections, UK

Court dress panel

• Place of origin:

  France (made)

• Date:

  ca. 1780 (made)

• Artist/Maker:

  Unknown (production)

• Materials and Techniques:

  Embroidered silk satin with silks, velvet appliqué, chenille, metal purl, swansdown

  This magnificent embroidered panel was intended for a woman’s Court mantua. It shows the high standard of French needlework and the sequence of decorating and sewing up these opulent formal garments. A length of cream silk satin has had the outline of a panel drawn onto it, which has then been decorated to shape. When cut out and sewn, it would have formed the left side of the wearer’s train at the back of the mantua. The matching petticoat would have been embroidered with the same pattern.

  The rich labour-intensive work shows 18th century French embroidery at its most complex. The cream satin ground has pink, mauve and green silk appliqué, folded to create the illusion of swagged fabric drapes. Swansdown, coloured metal threads, chenille embroidery, and small beads of padded satin add further detail and texture. The flowers are cut out of velvet and appliquéd, whilst the leaves and peacock feathers are embroidered.

  Courtesy of V&A Collections, UK

Dress

• Place of origin:

  Turkey (made)

• Date:

  1830-1870 (made)

• Artist/Maker:

  Unknown (production)

• Materials and Techniques:

  Woven silk, embroidered with silk

  The side seams of this robe barely extend below the hips. From that point downwards the back and the front panels are separate, revealing the trousers that would have been worn underneath. They also show their own lining, which in this case is an imported European furnishing fabric of blue silk damask. 
  The silk used for the robe was woven with a fine black floral stripe at wide intervals, and a meandering floral stem has been embroidered in the intervening spaces. This pattern was first printed on the ground fabric with dark ink, which can be seen clearly in several places, and was then embroidered using a tambour hook. The completed length of woven and embroidered silk was then cut into the appropriate pieces for the robe. It has been edged with a metal braid.

  Tambour work is only possible if the fabric is held very tightly in a frame. It takes it name from the French word for a drum, because many of the early tambour frames were drum-shaped, and is a quick method of covering the ground with a fine chain-stitch.

  Courtesy of V&A Collections, UK

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the-moth-princess:

Alexander McQueen

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whitehotel:

Rosemarie Heber Koczÿ,

Trees (1972)

Hemp, sisal, linen, jute, raw silk, 
algae, and wool, 94 x 57 cm
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice 76.2553 PG 188a

dailyartjournal:

Rosemary Barile, “Echo”, Encaustic, copper patina on silk and paper

artspotting:

Trish Maharam. In Grey, 2010. Stitching on silk.

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aeete:

American silk dress (detail), 1904

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Kathryn Clark, What comes around goes around, 2010. 12” x 16”, Silk and steel wire on linen.

via Idiom Series - Kathryn Clark 

(via artspotting)

jbe200quilts:

Frank’s Melons by Marianne Burr - 49 x 38 inches

Silk painting, block printing, hand and machine quilting, hand appliqué

La Jolla FiberArts Award

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distressed silk wall panels at Warwick Castle.

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