Advanced Search
Requires Photography
Panel of brocade
French
1725–75
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk; brocade
Dimensions
Overall: 120.7 x 54 cm (47 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Eugene, Paul, and George A. Bernat in memory of their father, Emile Bernat
Accession Number48.1269
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBrocaded in tinsel, silver wire wound on a silk core and polychrome silks on a ground of tan silk in compound weave. Ribbon-like motifs running diagonally, broken by shell-shaped islands with floral sprays. Selvedge on both sides of six cords and holes, silver threads tarnished, very worn.