Légende

Fabric fragment, 17th century, Italy. Brocaded and morayon grosgrain silk. Weft grosgrain construction with blue silk warp and weft; pattern brocaded with silk threads held with a weft weave in dark pink, beige, salmon, white, and a gold-plated thread braided on a white silk core moriated. Design: loosely scattered smaller and larger floral sprigs on a blue background; stems and leaves in white with petals outlined in red and salmon-pink and filled with gold or left plain; probably larger bushes in two alternating-row types with smaller elements between. Motif size reported 14 x 10.5 cm; preserved fragment dimensions height 57 cm, width 24 cm; selvedge 0.4 cm wide blue and beige silk threads. Weaving edge: 0.4 cm wide silk with blue and beige stripes., A rectangular piece of worn woven fabric lies flat against a dark background, showing a muted blue-gray ground with visible vertical and horizontal weave texture and areas of fraying along the edges; several floral motifs in faded gold, beige, and reddish tones appear scattered across the surface, with one cluster near the center featuring red-outlined blossoms and surrounding pale gold leaves, another group toward the right edge showing gold and beige flowers with some loose threads, and smaller gold ornamental motifs near the top and bottom edges; there are a few repaired or worn slashes with darker blue stitching visible on the left side and faint irregular discolorations across the fabric.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A11_175

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47.1Mo (5.9Mo) / 50.8cm x 23.2cm / 6000 x 2744 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Fabric fragment 17th century Italy Brocaded morayon grosgrain silk Weft grosgrain construction blue silk warp weft pattern brocaded silk threads held weft weave dark pink beige salmon white gold-plated thread braided white silk core moriated Design loosely scattered smaller larger floral sprigs blue background stems leaves petals outlined red salmon-pink filled gold left plain larger bushes two alternating-row types smaller elements Motif size reported preserved fragment dimensions height 57 cm width 24 cm selvedge 0.4 cm wide blue beige silk threads Weaving edge 0.4 cm wide silk blue beige stripes rectangular piece worn woven fabric lies flat dark background showing muted blue-gray ground visible vertical horizontal weave texture areas fraying edges several floral motifs faded gold reddish tones scattered across surface cluster near center featuring red-outlined blossoms surrounding pale gold leaves another group right edge beige flowers loose threads smaller gold ornamental motifs near top bottom edges repaired worn slashes darker stitching visible left side faint irregular discolorations across fabric.