Fragment of fabric, patterned silk fabric with preserved selvedge, floral patterns, 18th-century French silk. Description: white cream background - gros de Tours liseré, brocaded with threads in olive green, dark green, dark pink, pale red, heather. Inscription/label: Gros de tours liseré, 1 lat de lancé, broché a liagé repris. Dimensions: height 81 cm, width 23 cm; fragment 59 x ?; selvedge width 0.6 cm., A long rectangular piece of pale beige fabric with a textured weave lies against a dark background; there are several torn and frayed floral patches in shades of deep red, burgundy, brown, olive green, and muted yellow scattered across the surface, including a tall vertical distressed patch near one short edge, a similar vertical patch near the opposite short edge, and a smaller vertical cluster near the center, with a few smaller fragmented floral fragments near the top edge; thin horizontal dark navy lines and small dark smudges interrupt the beige ground in places, and loose fiber...
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Fragment of fabric, patterned silk fabric with preserved selvedge, floral patterns, 18th-century French silk. Description: white cream background - gros de Tours liseré, brocaded with threads in olive green, dark green, dark pink, pale red, heather. Inscription/label: Gros de tours liseré, 1 lat de lancé, broché a liagé repris. Dimensions: height 81 cm, width 23 cm; fragment 59 x ?; selvedge width 0.6 cm., A long rectangular piece of pale beige fabric with a textured weave lies against a dark background; there are several torn and frayed floral patches in shades of deep red, burgundy, brown, olive green, and muted yellow scattered across the surface, including a tall vertical distressed patch near one short edge, a similar vertical patch near the opposite short edge, and a smaller vertical cluster near the center, with a few smaller fragmented floral fragments near the top edge; thin horizontal dark navy lines and small dark smudges interrupt the beige ground in places, and loose fibers and threads in cream, pale pink, and burgundy are visible where the fabric is worn.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A11_205

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Fragment fabric patterned silk fabric preserved selvedge floral patterns 18th-century French silk Description white cream background - gros de Tours liseré brocaded threads olive green dark green dark pink pale red heather Inscription label Gros de tours liseré 1 lat de lancé broché liagé repris Dimensions height 81 cm width 23 cm fragment 59 x selvedge width 0.6 cm long rectangular piece pale beige fabric textured weave lies dark background several torn frayed floral patches shades deep red burgundy brown muted yellow scattered across surface tall vertical distressed patch near short edge vertical patch near opposite short edge smaller vertical cluster near center smaller fragmented floral fragments near top edge thin horizontal dark navy lines small smudges interrupt beige ground places loose fibers cream pale pink visible worn.

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