Caption

Fragment of silk fabric with a pattern of alternating vertical stripes of blue and cream; colorful motifs of small flower sprigs and tiny floral tendrils on the light stripes. 19th century, France. Silk fabric; height 72 cm, width 32.5 cm., A rectangular piece of fabric displayed against a dark background shows horizontal bands in alternating pale blue and off-white tones with decorative narrow borders in pink and red; scattered across the off-white bands are small floral-like motifs in shades of green, yellow, pink, and brown; a central off-white band contains a continuous embroidered vine-like pattern in brown and dark rust colors; along one edge there is a braided trim combining yellow, brown, and pink threads with some loose ends; the fabric edges are slightly irregular with a corner cutaway and some fraying, and overall the visible colors include pale blue, off-white, pink, red, green, yellow, brown, and rust.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_189

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.8Mb (4.5Mb) / 20.0in x 9.5in / 6000 x 2844 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment silk fabric pattern alternating vertical stripes blue cream colorful motifs small flower sprigs tiny floral tendrils light stripes 19th century France Silk fabric height 72 cm width 32.5 cm rectangular piece fabric displayed dark background horizontal bands alternating pale blue off-white tones decorative narrow borders pink red scattered across off-white bands small floral- motifs shades green yellow brown central off-white band contains continuous embroidered vine- dark rust colors edge braided trim combining pink threads loose ends fabric edges slightly irregular corner cutaway fraying visible colors include pale blue off-white rust.