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Textile, ca. 1705

This is a Textile. It is dated ca. 1705 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is silk, metallic and its technique is compound weave of damassé foundation (8 harness satin plus plain weave) with floats of alternate foundation wefts and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound 3/1 twill \ by a supplementary warp. It is a part of the Textiles department.

Its dimensions are

H x W (a): 91 x 47 cm (35 13/16 x 18 1/2 in.) H x W (b): 93.5 x 12 cm (36 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

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Textile, ca. 1705; silk, metallic; H x W (a): 91 x 47 cm (35 13/16 x 18 1/2 in.) H x W (b): 93.5 x 12 cm (36 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.); 1972-53-2-a,b

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