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Textile length
European
about 1700
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk 7/1 satin damask ground, patterned in 1/3 S-twill order, supplementary continuous silk and discontinuous silk and gilt-metallic patterning wefts bound on front in 1/3 S-twill order
Dimensions
83.8 x 53.2 cm (33 x 20 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Morison
Accession Number48.1168b
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSilk satin length with salmon pink ground patterned with early "bizarre" silk design with musicians playing musical horns, birds, lions, and floral sprays. Selvedge on both sides of six cords.
ProvenanceHorace Morison; gift to the MFA, October 14, 1948