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Embroidery panel
French
second half 18th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk and silver metal figured weave with silk embroidery, metal sequins and plates
Dimensions
96.5 x 67.5 cm (38 x 26 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number53.356
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionPanel from skirt of dress; white ribbed silk ground shot with silver (now much tarnished) in minute geometric design; embroidered with polychrome silks, gold sequiins, gold foil and gold bouillion thread; powder of small blossoms over ground; deep border design at bottom edge of geometric forms combined with stylized minute flowers; above this, swags of leaves and ornamental discs with large sprays of many kinds of flowers and fruit extending up into border of skirt from points of swags; somewhat soiled; much of foil and many sequins missing; made of more than one width of material.