18th Century Spitalfields Silk Anna Maria Garthwaite

Spitalfields Silk English and dating from circa 1740 Anna Maria Garthwaite Design A deconstructed costume . Museum conservation Each piece carefully placed to reveal original design ,lightly hand stitched to linen backing Good antique condition SIZE 23 inches x 18 inches max (58cm x 45cm max) Provenance. Ex Mannach Textile Collection. La Mannach Paper label attached Le Manach was founded in 1829 in Tours as a family company. By the time it was sold to Pierre Frey, it had an archive of over 4,000 rare, beautiful textiles, the earliest of which date from the sixteenth century. S2764