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Fabric fragment, textiles, fragments of silk fabrics, patterned fabrics, plant motifs, cochineal dye, indigo dye, fragments of a larger textile object, patterned, looped, purple velvet, with plant motifs. Motifs: plant tendril made of small, fanciful floral twigs in asymmetrical arrangements creating a net pattern. Weave construction: grosgrain background with silk and linen weft in a natural color, purple silk warp; looped silk purple cover. Dense plant composition, finely curved twigs with a variety of leaves and flowers – very delicate and with a refined, segmented pattern. Arranged in rows, with a half-report shift and with the calyx of the dominant flower tilted alternately to the left or right in the rows. Design report length 24.7 x width 13.2 cm. Maker/attribution: Justyna Boninska. 17th century, Italy. Fabrics, height 110 cm, width 18 cm., A long, narrow fabric piece with a U-shaped central cutout, shown against a pale gray background; the fabric is a dark indigo or deep navy color with a slightly textured weave, small irregular lighter spots, and a few tiny frayed edges; the top ends form pointed tips that meet, and the bottom edges are straight with a small lighter patch on each lower corner; overall the material appears thin and slightly worn with subtle horizontal and vertical weave lines visible.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A13_022

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30.7Mb (770.9Kb) / 8.6in x 13.9in / 2576 x 4162 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fabric fragment textiles fragments silk fabrics patterned fabrics plant motifs cochineal dye indigo dye larger textile object patterned looped purple velvet Motifs plant tendril small fanciful floral twigs asymmetrical arrangements creating net pattern Weave construction grosgrain background silk linen weft natural color purple warp purple cover Dense plant composition finely curved twigs variety leaves flowers – delicate refined segmented pattern Arranged rows half-report shift calyx dominant flower tilted alternately left right Design report length 24.7 x width 13.2 cm Maker attribution Justyna Boninska 17th century Italy Fabrics height 110 cm width 18 cm long narrow fabric piece U-shaped central cutout shown pale gray background fabric dark indigo deep navy color slightly textured weave small irregular lighter spots tiny frayed edges top ends form pointed tips meet bottom edges straight small lighter patch lower corner material thin slightly worn subtle horizontal vertical lines visible.