Caption

Gallon, galloons haberdashery, geometric ornaments, white warp, weft - wire - drawn thread. Faint ornament, broken line at the edge, geometric ornament in the center: warp stripes interrupted by diagonal, stepped lines. 19th century, Europe. Fabric, haberdashery, width 2.2 cm, length 77 cm., A long woven ribbon with a textured pattern runs horizontally across the image against a smooth background; the ribbon shows a repeating basketweave-like design with a slightly raised border along the top and bottom edges, and a few small irregularities in the weave. The ribbon is primarily beige and cream with subtle variations of light tan and off-white creating a faint sheen, and the background is a uniform gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_341

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29.0Mb (1.5Mb) / 20.0in x 5.6in / 6000 x 1691 (300dpi)

Keywords

Gallon galloons haberdashery geometric ornaments white warp weft - wire - drawn thread Faint ornament broken line edge geometric ornament center warp stripes interrupted diagonal stepped lines 19th century Europe Fabric haberdashery width 2.2 cm length 77 cm long woven ribbon textured pattern runs horizontally across image smooth background ribbon repeating basketweave- design slightly raised border top bottom edges small irregularities weave primarily beige cream subtle variations light tan off-white creating faint sheen background uniform gray.