Caption

Fragment of upholstery fabric, silk and cotton brocade with cream grosgrain plain-weave background, brocaded in colorful threads and metal threads. Floral and fantastic motifs: winding twigs with fanciful flowers and plumes of leaves resembling bird wings; patterned fabric with preserved selvedge. Colors: red, dark and light pink, dark and light brown, damp green, blue, silver metal thread, copper metal thread. Dimensions: height approx. 64–71 cm, width 32 cm; edge width 0.9 cm. Possibly French, 18th century ca. 1760–1777 or early 19th century influence., A rectangular piece of fabric with frayed edges laying on a dark background, showing a patterned surface with floral and abstract woven motifs in shades of cream, beige, brown, gold, rust, red, pink, purple, gray, and green; several clustered flower-like shapes and leaf forms are woven into the cloth, along with textured vertical and curved bands that appear distressed or worn in places, and a few loose threads visible around the borders.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_193

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57.5Mb (7.5Mb) / 20.0in x 11.2in / 6000 x 3347 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment upholstery fabric silk cotton brocade cream grosgrain plain-weave background brocaded colorful threads metal threads Floral fantastic motifs winding twigs fanciful flowers plumes leaves resembling bird wings patterned fabric preserved selvedge Colors red dark light pink light brown damp green blue silver metal thread copper metal thread Dimensions height approx 64–71 cm width 32 cm edge width 0.9 cm French 18th century ca 1760–1777 early 19th century influence rectangular piece fabric frayed edges laying dark background showing patterned surface floral abstract woven motifs shades cream beige brown gold rust pink purple gray green several clustered flower- shapes leaf forms cloth textured vertical curved bands distressed worn places loose threads visible borders.