Copper & Brown Striped Silk - $25.00 yd.

Copper & Brown Striped Silk 

Chinese, India, Persian, English & French silks, such as this Copper & Brown Striped Silk, were commonly advertised in the 18th and 19th centuries. Woven plain, they were made in a variety of colors, some changeable, some “chine” or warp printed, some with stripes, checks and patterns. All were woven in a like fashion, varying only in their width or number of silk yarns in the warp and weft. After the American Revolution, great quantities of silk came to the colonies directly from China, including taffetas, satins, and lustrings. All social levels wore silk, down to the lower sorts who could find silk in the second hand market or had it provided by a master or mistress.

• The Lyon book of 1764 holds a large variety of figured silks including stripes
• This Copper & Brown Striped Silk displays a copper float yarn creating a slightly raised striped. This characteristic is found in extant examples. 
• It is a light but stout fabric well suited to tailored garments such as men's suiting, ladies riding habits and pelisses and early mantuas which were made of heavier silks.
• 100% Silk, 54 inches wide.