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Piece of brocade
French
mid 18th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk and silver metal thread brocade
Dimensions
29.6 x 58 cm (11 5/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number53.342
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLight blue silk ground in compound weave. Brocaded in polychrome silks, silver wire wound on a silk core and frise silver yarn. Buildings and ruins surrounded by trees and flowers. Scene of the interior of a room with furniture and a Chinese figure smoking a long pipe. Composed of several pieces, some with black selvedge of twelve cords. Strip of cotton tabby cloth on back. Worn.