Wool Textile, Striped with supplemental weft pattern

Date1750-1775

MediumWorsted

DimensionsOL: 70 1/2" X OW 19 3/4" (selvage width)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1963-110,1

DescriptionThis is a rectangular panel of glazed worsted striped with red and blue shading from light to dark, off-white, and black. Spaced wide and narrower stripes are patterned with undulating floral vine in weft-float off-white patterning. Textile has some holes, cut ends, one cut across the corner, and pieces cut from one selvage edge.
The textile may have been called "calamanco" in the period. Weave structure appears to be 4/1 satin.
Label TextNorwich, England was famous for very fine wool textiles, collectively called “Norwich stuffs.” They were made of worsted fibers (long-staple combed wool yarns) woven in various weave structures and patterned to resemble silks, yet they had the warmth and durability of wool. Norwich stuffs were used for both dress and home furnishings during the period. They went by a number of different names including calimanco and tapizado.

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