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Flounce (part of set of square and flounce)
Probably French
mid-19th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk; Ikat
Dimensions
59 x 29.9 cm (23 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. F. Stanton Cawley
Accession Number58.996b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSquare and flounce, taken from a dress. Warp-printed silk taffeta. Pale green-gray ground, with polychrome floral sprays and sprigs: in a) the square, a scattered pattern; in b) the flounce, flowers arranged in garlands, conforming in shape to scalloped edge. Selvedges on both pieces. Needle holes. In b) some of the browns have rotted out.