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Fragment
17th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Rows of diagonally aligned motifs in dull purple on an ivory voided ground. One motif is an elaborate lozenge, the other a flowering vine wrapped on a rod. The diagonal alignment is reversed from row to row; interspaces are filled with tiny rosettes.
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Details
- Title: Fragment
- Date Created: 17th century
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile in a five-harness satin foundation (ciselé voided velvet)
- Credit line: Gift of Harvey Smith
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