Fragment of silk fabric, mid-18th century, England possibly. Patterned Gros de Tours, broché silk with rep-weave background and broaching threads persienne. Design of twigs and bouquets in a rhomboidal network of small silver motifs; branches bear grape clusters, rose buds and single flowers. Colors: white background with padding threads in light and dark pink, light and dark green, light and dark blue; delicate floral and fanciful motifs. Dimensions: length 38 x ? cm; height 21 cm; width 57 cm., A rectangular piece of light beige fabric with a central embroidered floral cluster and smaller matching floral clusters toward the sides, showing a few rosebud shapes in muted pinks and greens, a few dark gray and black leaf-like motifs, and a few small grape-like round shapes in dusky pink and maroon; the background fabric has a subtle woven leaf pattern in a slightly lighter tone, and there are scattered short vertical dash-like stitches in gray; the edges of the fabric show a sewn hem and ...
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Fragment of silk fabric, mid-18th century, England possibly. Patterned Gros de Tours, broché silk with rep-weave background and broaching threads persienne. Design of twigs and bouquets in a rhomboidal network of small silver motifs; branches bear grape clusters, rose buds and single flowers. Colors: white background with padding threads in light and dark pink, light and dark green, light and dark blue; delicate floral and fanciful motifs. Dimensions: length 38 x ? cm; height 21 cm; width 57 cm., A rectangular piece of light beige fabric with a central embroidered floral cluster and smaller matching floral clusters toward the sides, showing a few rosebud shapes in muted pinks and greens, a few dark gray and black leaf-like motifs, and a few small grape-like round shapes in dusky pink and maroon; the background fabric has a subtle woven leaf pattern in a slightly lighter tone, and there are scattered short vertical dash-like stitches in gray; the edges of the fabric show a sewn hem and a few loose threads, and the outer surrounding area is a dark brown.

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Fragment silk fabric mid-18th century England Patterned Gros de Tours broché silk rep-weave background broaching threads persienne Design twigs bouquets rhomboidal network small silver motifs branches bear grape clusters rose buds single flowers Colors white background padding threads light dark pink dark green dark blue delicate floral fanciful motifs Dimensions length 38 x cm height 21 cm width 57 cm rectangular piece light beige fabric central embroidered floral cluster smaller matching floral clusters sides showing rosebud shapes muted pinks greens dark gray black leaf- motifs small grape- round shapes dusky pink maroon background fabric subtle woven leaf pattern slightly lighter tone scattered short vertical dash- stitches gray edges fabric sewn hem loose threads outer surrounding area dark brown.

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