Fragments

ca. 1835

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Length of woven silk with a design of branches with large exotic fruits and flowers. In shades of blue, green, yellow, peach, and red, with silver metallics, on an off-white ground.

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Title: Fragments
Date Created: ca. 1835
Location Created: France
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: satin weave patterned with discontinuous supplementary weft (brocade) in twill weaves
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. James W. Pinchot

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brocade Cord France Fruit Metal Satin Silk Textile Twill Weaving Yarn