Fragment

1700–1750

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Panel of cream and silver fabric heavily brocaded with gold thread and multicolored silks. Pattern has architectural ruins and flowers in the lower left and upper right corners while the lower right and upper left corners have trees with decorative foliage.

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Title: Fragment
Date Created: 1700–1750
Location Created: France
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: twill weave with supplementary weft
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. James O. Green and Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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France Metal Silk Textile Twill