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Title: Brocaded Silk
Artist: Anonymous British or French?
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: late 17th century - early 18th century
Accession Number: 1972/2.253
Medium and Support: ivory silk with satin and warp-faced weave and pink and green silk with metallic embroidery
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Title: Brocaded Silk
Artist: Anonymous British or French?
Physical Description: "Bizarre" pattern, rich gold-colored satin ground with damask-type foliate self-pattern. Brocaded pattern repeated twice per width; consitsts of narrow unfurled scroll of silver metallic thread, capped by silver feathery leaf. Stylized tendrils of silver and flowers entwine abouto scroll-like forms; flowers of pink and blue silk thread and leaves and stems are of green silk thread. Between scroll-like pattern are larger-scale conrucopia or trumpet-like forms out of wich sprout bell-shaped flowers; predominant thread is silver, with use of pink, blue and green silk threads. Complete repeat is 23", of to units of 11 1/2" each.
Object Creation Date: circa 1690-1720
Accession Number: 1972/2.250
Medium and Support: rich gold-colored satin ground wiht damask-type foliate self pattern
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Title: Brocaded Silk
Artist: Anonymous British or French?
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1700-1715
Accession Number: 1972/2.251
Medium and Support: Ivory silk in satin and warp-faced weave with brocading in pink and green silks
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Title: Brocaded Silk
Artist: Anonymous British or French?
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1720-1740
Accession Number: 1972/2.266
Medium and Support: ivory and green silk with warp-faced weave, and yellow, pink, and blue silk brocade
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