Fragment of Silk
- Classification:
- Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
- Work Type:
- textile material; fragment
- Creator:
- French
- Title:
- Fragment of Silk
- Culture:
- French
- Date:
- creation date: 18th century
- Material:
- silk plainweave with discontinuous supplementary patterning (brocading) wefts
- Measurements:
- width: 35.5 cm, width: 13.98 inches, length: 31.5 cm, length: 12.4 inches
- Description:
- light blue silk moiré with brocaded pattern of meandering white lace and polychrome flowers; the fragment retains the line of symmetry approximately 24 cm from the right edge, which preserves the selvedge; a large curved cut has been made at the left side
- Repository:
- Repository: Bard Graduate Center Study Collection (New York, New York, USA), Gift of Cora Ginsburg LLC (Titi Halle)
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Subject:
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textile material
fragments
floral patterns
lace (needlework)
- Materials:
- silk (textile)
- Techniques:
- brocading
- ID Number:
- 222444
- Work Number:
- 252527
- Order Number:
- 161080