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Brocade fragment
French
second half 18th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk; brocade
Dimensions
Overall: 39.4 x 35.5 cm (15 1/2 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number53.343
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPiece; background white silk cloth with self-colored warp figure of mintue oval dots; desing arranged in repeat of broad, vertical, brocaded stripe separated by narrower stripes of ground fabric; repeated stripe of central interlacing ribbon and floral serpentines flanked by narrow meanders; brocading in soft polychrome silks with blue, yellow and mahogany brown; composed of several fragments sewn together.