Piece of brocade
French
18th century
Dimensions
Overall (a): 19.7 x 46.4 cm (7 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.) Other (b): 44.5 x 46.4 cm (17 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.)
Accession Number
93.844a-b
Medium or Technique
Brocade
Not On View
Collections
Europe, Textiles and Fashion Arts
Classifications
White silk ground, woven with narrow strips of silver. The design of irregular forms from which spring large flowers is woven with pink, red, bright green and blue silk and gold thread. Much worn.
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection