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Brocaded silk damask fragment showing symmetrical design with large-scale floral motif derived from the pomegranate, on either side a lace-like serpentine. Rose ground, brocaded with silver and green silks. Both selvages present.
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Details
- Title: Textile
- Date Created: ca. 1720
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: compound satin weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade)
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor
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