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Panel of evening dress fabric

French (Lyon)
1920–30
Object Place: (Lyon), France

Medium/Technique Silk; Damask
Dimensions 215.3 cm (84 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Susan Cornelia Warren Fund
Accession Number1986.755
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionDamask matlassé; warp: black silk (taffeta), weft: black silk (over-twisted), silver lamé. Stylized falling leaves scattered on a trellis pattern, both in silver lamé matlassé, on a black silk ground. Condition: excellent.