Fragments

1695–1715

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Woven silk with a design of a garden pedestal with large shell and florals, framing a landscape. With some elements of the "bizarre" style. Supplementary wefts of cream, green, beige and metallic yarns on a pale green ground.

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Title: Fragments
Date Created: 1695–1715
Location Created: possibly England
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: compound weave with discontinuous supplementary weft floats (brocade)
Credit line: Gift of Rodman A. Heeren

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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