Caption

Fragment of patterned silk fabric, plant motifs in a naturalistic style, brocaded with tied weft threads in light and dark green, yellow, light and dark salmon and raspberry pinks, white, silver braided thread, and dark brown/black. Background: cannelé 3 coups with an effet poil traînant. Weave structure: Gros de Tours with effet poil traînant, liseré, broché à liége repris type 3. Rich use of silver threads enhances a strong chiaroscuro modelling reminiscent of Jean Revel's flower-and-fruit designs; three-dimensional brocade effect typical of Lyon silk weaving from the 1730s. Stiff silk with grosgrain structure, used for representative court dress Robe à la française in the first half of the 18th century. 18th century, France. Height 97 cm, width 55 cm., A rectangular piece of fabric with a muted green background displays a repeating floral pattern in shades of pink and deep rose for the blooms, mustard yellow for leaves and accents, and pale cream highlights; the surface shows woven texture and areas of raised, velvety pile in the flower motifs, with visible frayed edges and slight irregularities along the borders, and a narrow darker frame surrounding the fabric.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_165

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Rights managed

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73.2Mb (9.3Mb) / 20.0in x 14.2in / 6000 x 4262 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment patterned silk fabric plant motifs naturalistic style brocaded tied weft threads light dark green yellow dark salmon raspberry pinks white silver braided thread dark brown black Background cannelé 3 coups effet poil traînant Weave structure Gros de Tours liseré broché à liége repris type 3 Rich silver threads enhances strong chiaroscuro modelling reminiscent Jean Revel's flower- -fruit designs three-dimensional brocade effect typical Lyon silk weaving 1730s Stiff silk grosgrain structure representative court dress Robe à la française first half 18th century France Height 97 cm width 55 cm rectangular piece fabric muted green background displays repeating floral pattern shades pink deep rose blooms mustard yellow leaves accents pale cream highlights surface woven texture areas raised velvety pile flower motifs visible frayed edges slight irregularities borders narrow darker frame surrounding fabric.