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Textile
late 17th–early 18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Ivory white silk brocaded with rose silk, now faded, green silk, and silver. Satin weave ground with complete background pattern of foliage and scrolls in transverse rib, supporting the main design of a symmetrical scrolling vine in silver and green. A large fruit form and horn-shaped element with diagonal repeat in the 'bizarre' style. Small flower clusters fill interstices. Both selvages present.
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Details
- Title: Textile
- Date Created: late 17th–early 18th century
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk Technique: damask weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade)
- Credit line: Gift of Alice B. Beer
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