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Panel of brocade
French
18th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk taffeta brocade
Dimensions
90 x 55 cm (35 7/16 x 21 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Cabot-Townsend Fund and Special Textile Fund
Accession Number51.261
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCream-colored ribbed taffeta ground with weft figure, brocaded with silks in shades of red, rose, blue, green, cream and gray. Symmetrical design showing urns of roses on central axis, flanked at the sides by undulating rose vines. Pink slevages. A few small breaks. Black threads rotted out in a few places.