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French (Lyon)
about 1730

Medium/Technique Silk; brocaded with polychrome silk threads and lancé with gold metallic on silk-satin ground
Dimensions Overall: 149.5 x 55.2 cm (58 7/8 x 21 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number00.475
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionGround: cream-colored satin. All-over design, style of Jean Revel: bunches of heavy fruits and flowers woven with several shades of pink, green, and yellow silk and tarnished gold and silver thread (metal wound on silk). Selvedge with 6 cords. Several pieces sewed together.