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Fragment of Silk Dress Fabric by Unknown — VisualArtsDB

Fragment of Silk Dress Fabric

Fragment of Silk Dress Fabric

1690–1700

Medium: Compound weave
Dimensions: 31.8 × 16.8 cm (12 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)
Genre: Textile arts
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Italian

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"Bizarre" silk fragment of ivory warp-faced rib with polychrome (yellow and red with accents of green, blue and peach) brocading of fantastical flowers and foliage. Some of the leaves have shadow patterns of satin outlines.

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