The Spitalfields mantua, 1750-5

The Spitalfields mantua (detail). Brocaded silk with woven flower motifs. This mantua was made in the famous Spitalfields area of east London, where families of weavers created gorgeous brocaded silk. The fabric in this example is very complex, as the flower motifs are woven into it rather than embroidered on to it, and the background silk is highly decorative

Brocaded Example Gorgeous Highly Mantua Motifs Rather Spitalfields Weavers Woven

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