Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Work Type:
textile material; fragment
Creator:
French or Possibly Dutch?
Title:
Fragment of Silk
Culture:
French; Dutch
Date:
creation date: 18th century
Material:
silk satin with continuous silk patterning wefts
Measurements:
width: 21 cm, width: 8.27 inches, length: 52 cm, length: 20.47 inches
Description:
fragment of brocaded silk satin with bizarre or chinoiserie pattern of scrolling green forms (one appears almost like a pagoda enclosing a smiling sun), naturalistic and conventionalized flowers, and at least one dragonfly; selvedge present along short end of right side, hemmed and stitched on bottom and left side
Repository:
Repository: Bard Graduate Center Study Collection (New York, New York, USA), Gift of Cora Ginsburg LLC (Titi Halle)
