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Brocade fragment
French
mid-18th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silks, brocade
Dimensions
Overall: 36.8 x 54.6 cm (14 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number53.346
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPiece; green, slightly ribbed, heavy silk ground with self colored small-scale vine design formed by weft floats; additional symmetrical design of realistically drawn sprays of flowers brocaded with polychrome silks and pendent foliate motives brocaded with several kinds of gold thread.