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Artists›Anna Maria Garthwaite

Anna Maria Garthwaite

1688⚠

WA-00120707

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Birth yearWikidata + Artsy· 92%
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1945-28-1-a_f
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Anna Maria Garthwaite was an English textile designer known for creating vivid floral designs for silk fabrics hand-woven in Spitalfields, London, in the mid-18th century. Garthwaite was acknowledged as one of the premiere English designers of her day. Many of her original designs in watercolours have survived, and silks based on these designs have been identified in portraiture and in costume collections in England and abroad.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (12)

Panel

1754 · Silk, satin damask weave

102.3 × 51 cm (40 1/4 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Length

1752 · Silk

Overall: 35 x 19 in. (88.9 x 48.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1752 · Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps

111.8 × 56.7 cm (44 × 22 1/4 in.); Repeat: 18.1 × 25.1 cm (7 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Skirt Panel for a Woman's Sack Gown

1749 · Silk, plain weave foundation with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary brocading wefts

114.7 × 51 cm (45 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 66.1 cm (26 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Skirt panel

1749 · Silk

37 × 20 in. (94 × 50.8 cm); Framed (confirmed): 43 3/8 × 23 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (110.2 × 60 × 3.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1748 · Silk

Overall: 68 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (174 x 49.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Waistcoat

1747 · silk, wool, linen, metal

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fragment of dress silk

1740 · Silk, plain weave, brocaded

Overall: 36 x 10 1/2 in. (91.4 x 26.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Panel

1735 · Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts

77.4 × 50.8 cm (30 3/8 × 20 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 50.4 cm (19 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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1734 · Silk, plain weave with weft-float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts; two panels joined

102.3 × 88.3 cm (40 3/8 × 34 3/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 55.4 cm (21 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (From a Skirt)

1733 · Silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats

104.5 × 51.2 cm (41 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.); Repeat: H.: 61 cm (24 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel

1733 · Silk, plain weave with 3:1 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and brocading wefts; two selvages present

103.7 × 51.3 cm (40 3/4 × 20 1/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 59.1 cm (23 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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12 published of 12 catalogued · 12 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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