Hanging

1850–75

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

The field is filled with an exuberant swirl of leaves in two tones of red supporting bunches of flowers in bright colors, roses predominating, with a yellow background. There is a 12.5" border around the bottom and two sides.

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Title: Hanging
Date Created: 1850–75
Location Created: France
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/202637
Medium: Medium: silk Technique: Lampas - 7&1 satin weave supplemented by a 1S2 twill weave (interlaced connection a 2S1 twill). There are two continuous wefts in each shed of the twill -yellow for the background, red to create the effect of damask. All other colors are brocaded.
Credit line: Museum Purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brocade Damask France Satin Silk Textile Twill