Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Work Type:
furnishing textile material; fragment
Creator:
European?
Title:
Two Fragments of Furnishing Fabric (?)
Culture:
European
Date:
creation date: 18th century
Material:
linen and silk warp-faced plain weave
Measurements:
width of longest fragment: 25 cm, width of longest fragment: 9.84 inches, length of longest fragment: 113 cm, length of longest fragment: 44.49 inches
Description:
two fragments of an upholstery fabric with beige or natural linen wefts and silk warps, which form the design of blue ombré stripes on a yellow ground; the fabric also has an overall moiré finish; the wider fragment, a full selvedge with, preserves three stripes (and contains a small yellow patch), while the longer fragment contains only one blue stripe; both extremely soiled
Repository:
Repository: Bard Graduate Center Study Collection (New York, New York, USA), Gift of Cora Ginsburg LLC (Titi Halle)
