Caption

Fragment of fabric, mid-18th century, England, silk, gros de Tours?; woven: background rep weave, pattern broché with liseré and broaching threads persienne. Pattern: twigs and bouquets in a rhomboidal network of small silver motifs; branches with grape clusters, rose buds and single flowers. Colors: white background; padding threads in light and dark pink, green, blue; delicate floral and fanciful motifs on white. Dimensions: length 38 x ?, height 21 cm, width 57 cm., A rectangular piece of light beige fabric with frayed edges lies against a dark background, showing a central vertical motif of elongated, brushlike shapes in dark brown and olive green with touches of pink and pale yellow, flanked by smaller similar motifs toward the sides; a few scattered stitched outlines in white and dark threads trace parts of the motifs, and there are a few small areas of pink, purple, and pale blue near the lower portions of some vertical shapes, along with faint creases and slight discoloration across the beige surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_086

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.6Mb (3.1Mb) / 20.0in x 8.5in / 6000 x 2541 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment fabric mid-18th century England silk gros de Tours woven background rep weave pattern broché liseré broaching threads persienne Pattern twigs bouquets rhomboidal network small silver motifs branches grape clusters rose buds single flowers Colors white background padding threads light dark pink green blue delicate floral fanciful motifs white Dimensions length 38 x height 21 cm width 57 cm rectangular piece light beige fabric frayed edges lies dark background showing central vertical motif elongated brushlike shapes dark brown olive green touches pink pale yellow flanked smaller motifs sides scattered stitched outlines dark threads trace parts small areas purple pale blue near lower portions vertical shapes faint creases slight discoloration across beige surface.