Caption

Fragment of silk fabric, patterned brocade, 18th century France. Floral design with dark and light orange roses, light and dark blues, celadon and olive greens, silver, orange, and yellow on a white background. Grosgrain weave with weft texture liseré. Height 53 cm, width 21 cm. Creator and provenance unknown., A rectangular fabric sample laid flat against a dark background shows a light cream base with a floral pattern in muted colors; a few clusters of flowers in shades of dusty blue, muted red, soft pink, and deep navy are connected by winding olive and moss green stems and leaves, with small touches of pale yellow at some flower centers. A horizontal ribbon-like band of slightly shinier cream runs across the middle, and there are faint textured or lace-like woven areas in the same cream tone that form subtle oval and scalloped shapes behind the floral motifs. The fabric edges are slightly frayed, and the overall surface shows fine woven threads and a gentle sheen.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_054

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.4Mb (6.1Mb) / 20.0in x 9.4in / 6000 x 2819 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment silk fabric patterned brocade 18th century France Floral design dark light orange roses light dark blues celadon olive greens silver orange yellow white background Grosgrain weave weft texture liseré Height 53 cm width 21 cm Creator provenance unknown rectangular fabric sample laid flat dark background cream base floral pattern muted colors clusters flowers shades dusty blue muted red soft pink deep navy connected winding olive moss green stems leaves small touches pale yellow flower centers horizontal ribbon- band slightly shinier cream runs across middle faint textured lace- woven areas cream tone form subtle oval scalloped shapes floral motifs fabric edges slightly frayed surface fine woven threads gentle sheen.