Caption

Fragment of a fabric in the form of a tapestry or napkin;, Fragment of 18th-century French silk fabric with White grosgrain Gros de Tours background enriched with small brocaded ornament liseré in colorful threads. Pattern brocaded with gold, pale pink to red, grass green, sky blue, dark blue, burgundy-pink. Preserved selvedge, fabric width and pattern. Dimensions: 86 cm height; piece width 54.5 cm reported 32.5 x 53; border widths 0.4 + 0.3 cm., A rectangular piece of fabric with a pale beige background covered in a floral pattern featuring a few large roses in muted pink and red, several smaller flowers in blue and light pink, and many leaves in soft gray and olive green connected by winding olive green stems, the surface showing areas of worn texture and slight fraying, and a scalloped lace-like border in gray with occasional touches of red and blue along the edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_082

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70.8Mb (7.4Mb) / 20.0in x 13.8in / 6000 x 4125 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment fabric form tapestry napkin 18th-century French silk fabric White grosgrain Gros de Tours background enriched small brocaded ornament liseré colorful threads Pattern brocaded gold pale pink red grass green sky blue dark blue burgundy-pink Preserved selvedge fabric width pattern Dimensions 86 cm height piece width 54.5 cm reported 32.5 x 53 border widths 0.4 + 0.3 cm rectangular piece pale beige background covered floral pattern featuring large roses muted pink several smaller flowers blue light pink leaves soft gray olive green connected winding olive green stems surface showing areas worn texture slight fraying scalloped lace- border gray occasional touches edges.