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Dress fabric panel (one of five panels)

French (Lyon)
about 1770
Object Place: Lyon, France

Medium/Technique Silk plain weave (taffeta) with warp stripes and brocaded with silk
Dimensions Overall: 101.5 x 74 cm (39 15/16 x 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Miriam Shaw
Accession Number35.1675c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionLouis XVI style; meandering lace ribbons and floral sprays brocaded with polychrome silk threads; floating warp ribbons on striped taffeta ground; two repeats in the width