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Textile length
French
about 1735
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk and gold-metallic thread; brocaded satin
Dimensions
156 x 53.5 cm (61 7/16 x 21 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number53.339
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDesign of a yellow-green silk satin ground with shells and large floral sprays brocaded in points rentrés in polychrome silks and lancé with gilded tinsel wound on a silk core. Somewhat worn, spotted. Full loom width: selvedge on both sides of five cords and one wide polychrome stripe. Small piece of green silk taffeta attached to one end. At one end a large piece cut off one side.