Stripe Changeable Silk, WSV 191

100% Silk, 54″ Wide   This changeable has yellow threads in the weft with warp stripes of deep pink, green, cream & yellow with a 4 1/2″ (11.4 cm) repeat. This will make a wonderful gown, or petticoat, either men’s or women’s jackets, a banyan or wrapper. As an example, in the Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London there is a theft trial for a man who “was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of the honourable Nicholas Herbert Esq . . . and stealing . . . a striped orange coloured sacque, value nine pounds” For hand sewing several silk quilter’s thread could be used including pink 37 or yellow 23.