Fragment

Unknownca. 1700

Fantastic shapes on flowing sinuous lines.

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Title: Fragment
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: ca. 1700
Type: Fragment
Rights: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan
Medium: Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: 4&1 satin damask with brocaded wefts
Provenance: ex-collection: Francisco Miquel y Badía
Exhibitions: Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Institute of Art, "Venice: 1700-1800," 1952. Reproduced in catalog: No. 286.
Dimensions: Warp x Weft (a): 91.4 x 48.3 cm (36 x 19 in.)Warp x Weft (b): 29 x 49.6 cm (11 7/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Bibliography: Slomann, "Bizarre Silks, p. 24 p. 218.Thornton, Peter, "Baroque and Rococo Silks, III pl. 30 BArchitectural Digest, Winter 1968, "The World of Decorative Fabrics," p. 82.

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