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Textile (France)

This is a Textile. It is dated 1860s and we acquired it in 1956. Its medium is silk and its technique is plain weave (purple) patterned by floats of a continuous supplementary weft (black). the two wefts exchange functions allowing the foundation weft (purple) to float on the front. It is a part of the Textiles department.

Loomed widths of fabric were sewn together to form the skirt of the dress with the lace pattern border at the hem.

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Textile (France); silk; 1956-33-2-a,b

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