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Panel of brocade
French
1750–1800
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk satin ground with silk, and gold-colored metal strip-wrapped on silk core brocade
Dimensions
81.7 x 83.5 cm (32 3/16 x 32 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
John Wheelock Eliot Fund
Accession Number48.309
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBrocaded in shades of blue, green and beige silks and in gilded silver wire wound on a silk core on a ground ivory satin. S-shaped and wavy floral vines. Selvedge on both sides of five cords and narrow stripes (green and white on one side, green and yellow on the other). Small piece added to one corner. Silver tarnished.