Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Work Type:
textile material; fragment
Creator:
French or Italian
Title:
Fragment of Silk (Skirt Panel)
Culture:
French; Italian
Date:
creation date: late 19th century
Material:
silk satin with continuous supplementary patterning wefts
Measurements:
width of widest point: 26 cm, width of widest point: 10.24 inches, length of longest point: 75 cm, length of longest point: 29.53 inches
Description:
long panel of sky-blue satin with large pattern of light pink peonies in bloom on golden brown stems; shape suggests that this was from a late-nineteenth-century woman’s skirt (1870s-1890s). Small section pieced at the bottom
Repository:
Repository: Bard Graduate Center Study Collection (New York, New York, USA), Gift of Cora Ginsburg LLC (Titi Halle)
