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Fabric fragment, fabrics, fragments of silk patterned fabric with preserved selvedge, 18th-century silk, Louis XV/16th style. Materials: silk brocade with grosgrain weave; colors include celadon-green, light grass green, pale yellow, sky blue, blue, white, brick-red/rust, raspberry-whitened, pale pink on white and cream background with white warp stripes. Dimensions: height 14.8 cm reported, overall height 30 cm, width 20 cm. Date/place: 2nd half of the 18th century, France. Selected edge width: 0.6., A rectangular piece of fabric with frayed edges laid on a dark background, featuring a pale beige ground and a textured cream band along the top; the fabric shows areas of wear and small irregular holes. Scattered floral motifs embroidered or printed in olive green leaves with small red buds appear across the central area, and a border of larger floral clusters runs near the lower edge with flowers in dusty blue, muted rose, and faded purple accompanied by olive green foliage. There are small scattered marks and thread pulls in bluish-gray and darker navy, and a few loose threads in red and green hang from the lower edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_076

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Rights managed

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54.7Mb (4.5Mb) / 17.5in x 12.1in / 5260 x 3633 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fabric fragment fabrics fragments silk patterned fabric preserved selvedge 18th-century silk Louis XV 16th style Materials brocade grosgrain weave colors include celadon-green light grass green pale yellow sky blue blue white brick-red rust raspberry-whitened pale pink cream background white warp stripes Dimensions height 14.8 cm reported height 30 cm width 20 cm Date place 2nd half 18th century France Selected edge width 0.6 rectangular piece frayed edges laid dark background featuring pale beige ground textured cream band top areas wear small irregular holes Scattered floral motifs embroidered printed olive green leaves small red buds across central area border larger floral clusters runs near lower edge flowers dusty blue muted rose faded purple accompanied olive green foliage small scattered marks thread pulls bluish-gray darker navy loose threads red green hang lower edge.