18TH CENTURY SPITALFIELDS SILK TEXTILE ATTRIBUTED TO ANNA MARIA GARTHWAITE. 1740

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A BEAUTIFUL PIECE FD SPITALFIELDS SILK WOVEN DRESS FABRIC FROM APPROXIMATELY 1740. ATTRIBUTED TO ANNA MARIA GARTHWAITE AN ENGLISH PATTERN DRAWER FROM SPITALFIELDS. LONDON ENGLAND . IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH WONDERFUL SELVEDGE EDGING AND WONDERFUL AMAZING WOVEN BACK . A VERY RARE PIECE. WHAT A WONDERFUL DRESS THIS MUST HAVE BEEN. 21 INCH WIDTH BY 36 INCHES DEPTH. THERE ARE SOME WATER MARKINGS ON THIS PIECE WHICH MAY COME OUT WITH SOAKING , TWO SMALL HOLES AND EVIDENCE OF WHERE THERE WERE FOLDS IN THE DRESS WITH OLD STITCHING MARKS WHICH PERSONALLY I LOVE TO SEE. ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST PART OF BEING A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE TEXTILE HAVING SURVIVED A LONG TIME. THIS IS A LONG PANEL AND IT IS RARE TO FIND SUCH A GOOD LENGTH.