Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Work Type:
textile material; fragment
Creator:
French or Italian
Title:
Fragment of Silk
Culture:
French; Italian
Date:
creation date: late 17th century?
Material:
silk plainweave with continuous supplementary patterning wefts of silver filé threads
Measurements:
width: 25.5 cm, width: 10.04 inches, length: 16.5 cm, length: 6.5 inches
Description:
blue silk with small-scale diaper or lattice pattern of conventionalized scrolling leaves and flower heads, in silver filé and white silk; one selvedge present, of shades of blue and green
Repository:
Repository: Bard Graduate Center Study Collection (New York, New York, USA), Gift of Cora Ginsburg LLC (Titi Halle)