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Length of furnishing fabric
mid-19th century
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Lampas; silk and gold metallic yarns
Dimensions
Overall: 211.1 x 55.6 cm (83 1/8 x 21 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Susan Cornelia Warren Fund
Accession Number1986.752
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp: white (ground) in satin, yellow (binding). Wefts: blue, green, red, white silk and gold metallic threads. Lampas; Palermitan or hispano moresque heraldic design of affronted griffins or affronted peacock with a pearled medallion on an ornamental, interlacing background in polychrome silk and gold metallic threads on a white silk satin ground. Condition: excellent.