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Fabric fragment. Cream silk damask fabric, embroidered and brocaded with colorful threads. Promoting threads: green, light and dark salmon. Brooching thread: gold. Pale cream satin background with weft weave coverings, embroidery, and brocade. Fantastical floral decoration: small twigs and leaves of the damask sub-report complement larger motifs brocaded with gold threads. Stylized pomegranates pineapples placed on a winding stem, surrounded by sprigs of smaller flowers. Fabric sewn from two pieces. Composition of the report motifs based on mirror symmetry. Weave: satin weave with warp coverage; pattern creating a sub-report in a plain weave; colorful pattern promoted in zones; promoting threads tied in a twill weave introduced two at a time in the interlacing. Date: 1710–1715. Place of origin: France. Materials: silk, metal thread. Dimensions: height 33 cm, width 33.5 cm., A rectangular piece of fabric with frayed edges resting on a dark background shows an ornate floral and foliate woven pattern. The fabric's base color is a light beige or cream, and the pattern includes shades of muted green, soft peach, pale gold, and touches of off-white. A large stylized flower motif appears toward the right, with surrounding leaves and scrolling vines extending across the surface; similar floral elements repeat on the left side. Several areas show worn or pulled threads and small places where the weave is distressed, including a vertical worn strip near the top center. The textile surface has a subtle sheen from the woven threads, and loose stray fibers project from the top and bottom edges.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A13_128

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Rights managed

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88.8Mb (11.6Mb) / 17.2in x 20.0in / 5174 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fabric fragment Cream silk damask fabric embroidered brocaded colorful threads Promoting threads green light dark salmon Brooching thread gold Pale cream satin background weft weave coverings embroidery brocade Fantastical floral decoration small twigs leaves damask sub-report complement larger motifs brocaded gold threads Stylized pomegranates pineapples placed winding stem surrounded sprigs smaller flowers Fabric sewn two pieces Composition report motifs based mirror symmetry Weave satin weave warp coverage pattern creating sub-report plain weave colorful pattern promoted zones promoting threads tied twill introduced two time interlacing Date 1710–1715 Place origin France Materials metal thread Dimensions height 33 cm width 33.5 cm rectangular piece fabric frayed edges resting dark background ornate floral foliate woven pattern fabric's base color light beige cream includes shades muted green soft peach pale gold touches off-white large stylized flower motif right surrounding leaves scrolling vines extending across surface floral elements repeat left side Several areas worn pulled threads small places distressed vertical strip near top center textile surface subtle sheen woven threads loose stray fibers project top bottom edges.