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Brocade fragment

French
18th century

Medium/Technique Brocade
Dimensions Overall: 44.5 x 27.3 cm (17 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number97.574
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionRed corded silk ground on which is a design of waving ribbons and bunches of flowers, woven with white, light tan color, blue, and green silk, white cord, gold thread, and narrow strips of metal.
Provenance97.485 - 97.596 were acquired by the donor by exchange with the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, N.Y.,From the Collection bought by them of Salvadore & Son of Florence, Italy, in 1897