Fragment

late 18th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Pale blue-green silk grosgrain with broad ribbon-like serpentine brocaded in silver and gold frisee, ivory and tan silks. Large floral sprays in polychrome silks and metal spring. Ship, with floral sprays tied to mast, in curve of serpentine.

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Details

Title: Fragment
Date Created: late 18th century
Location Created: Italy
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk, metal thread Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Cohen

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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