Fragment

late 18th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

White grosgrain with ground figure of lace-like serpentine. Large-scale sprays of roses and other flowers brocaded in polychrome silks, gold metal thread and flat silver.

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Title: Fragment
Date Created: late 18th century
Location Created: France
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/39602
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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Brocade Cord France Metal Silk Textile Yarn