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Panel of brocade
French
mid-18th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk with gold and silver threads brocade
Dimensions
65.8 x 54 cm (25 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Special Textile Fund
Accession Number50.2467
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: Compound weave of ivory silk and silver tinsel. Design: Two pairs of undulating ribbons, on scalloped, one plain, brocaded in gilded silver wire and silks. At each curve of the plain one, a spray of flowers brocaded in polychrome silks, silver tinsel wound on a silk core and frisé silver yarn, the sprays tied with a fluttering ribbon brocaded in silk. In the interspaces, small floral sprays. Selvedges on both sides of four cords and a wide stripe. Soiled and spotted. Metallic threads very worn. Holes.