1. Colours and Patterns of Asian Textiles

3. 9857 Pieces of Silk Textiles Including: 4996 pieces of Damask “Meuble” or “Poise” 3250 pieces of Taffeta 4, 6, or 8 threads 1040 pieces of Paduasoy Standard lengths: 13.8-14.1 m 16.2-16.65 m 22.8-23.7 m Width (when specified) 1.25 m

4. Colours of silk textiles listed in the Sales Catalogue of SOIC (Gothenburg 1746)

5. Terms for colours in Sw. CatalogueTranslationClues HimmelsblåSky blue JonqvilleYellow/Jonquil"Narcissus yellow" Daffodil? "Carmoise"RedAzorubine GrönaGreen SwartaBlack TurqvinblåttBlue TurguinMarble blue (French) Skarl.färgScarlet colour BruntBrown AskfärgadAsh coloured PonceauRed HwitaWhite Coul. De RoseRose Coloured CitrongohltLemon Yellow PerlfärgPerl coloured MazarinåMazarine BlueButterfly (blue/green/brown) MörckblåDark blue BlyfärgLead coloured SölfwerfärgSilver coloured Paille GohltGold Coul. de ChairCharcoal Incarnat Beige? BlomerantFlowers? PurpurPurple LiusblåLight blue Olive-grönaOlive Green

6. Foreign vocabularyRefeence to objects JonqvilleOlive green CarmoiseLemon yellow Coul. de RoseMazarine Blue Coul. de ChairAsh colour PonceauRose colour IncarnatPerl colour PailleLead colour MazarinCharcoal colour

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8. Damask: 4996 pieces In 21 out of 26 coulours

9. Significant holdings in 16 out of 26 colours

10. Taffeta: 3250 pieces In 17 out of 26 colours

11. Significant holdings in 15 out of 26 colours

12. Paduasoy: 1040 pieces in 23 of 26 colours

13. A wider spread of colours....

16. Colours 31 pieces of Damask Poisies in 16 colours (30 lots) 37 pieces/ 6 colours (1 lot) "Carmoise"/Red/Azorubine4 Yellow/Jonguil323 "Ponceau"/Red2 Brown1 Perl coloured1 Sky blue4 Ash coloured22 Scarlet colour23 Blue Turguin (marble)1 Lead coloured12 Green23 Mazarine Blue2 White2 Lemon Yellow1 Rose Coloured14 Black2 Price55.89 (average)44.75

17. Variation in colours and patterns – more is more Variation in qualities and dimensions – less is more