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Fabric fragment, fabrics, fragments of silk fabrics, patterned fabrics, floral patterns, Weave structure: Gros de Tour background cream warp and weft; pattern - liseré subaperture; brocade wefts: silver lamellar, green, celadon, brown, cherry. Pattern: vertically winding silver ribbon, entwined with a sprig of green-silver flowers with brown-cherry centers. The vertical arrangement is broken in places, creating a network, by the same horizontally winding silver ribbon. Colors: cream background, motifs – green, celadon, burgundy, brown. Width: edge: 0.7 x 0.8; repeat: approx. 50 x 26 cm. 18th century, France. Height 50 cm, width 48 cm., A square piece of worn fabric laid flat against a dark background, showing an overall pale beige base with faded printed outlines and worn areas; there are several patches of frayed green threads forming irregular horizontal shapes, patches of pale blue thread in small clustered floral-like shapes, and areas of off-white and dirty beige wear. The fabric surface has scattered stains in brown tones and small dark holes or tears, with visible weave texture and loose fibers along the edges, and a narrow strip of darker material visible at the bottom edge.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A11_243

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Rights managed

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102.9Mb (9.0Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 5992 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fabric fragment fabrics fragments silk fabrics patterned fabrics floral patterns Weave structure Gros de Tour background cream warp weft pattern - liseré subaperture brocade wefts silver lamellar green celadon brown cherry Pattern vertically winding silver ribbon entwined sprig green-silver flowers brown-cherry centers vertical arrangement broken places creating network horizontally Colors cream background motifs – burgundy Width edge 0.7 x 0.8 repeat approx 18th century France Height 50 cm width 48 cm square piece worn fabric laid flat dark background showing pale beige base faded printed outlines worn areas several patches frayed green threads forming irregular horizontal shapes patches pale blue thread small clustered floral- shapes areas off-white dirty beige wear fabric surface scattered stains brown tones small dark holes tears visible weave texture loose fibers edges narrow strip darker material visible bottom edge.