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Dress Fabric (France)

This is a Dress fabric. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is silk and its technique is jacquard woven, predominantly warp-faced plain weave (white) with discontinuous supplementary wefts (multicolor) floating from face to face. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Clara Waldeck. It is credited Gift of Clara Waldeck.

Its dimensions are

H x W (Loomed width): 67.9 cm (26 3/4 in.) H x W: 33.5 x 67.5 cm (13 3/16 x 26 9/16 in.)

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Dress Fabric (France); silk; H x W (Loomed width): 67.9 cm (26 3/4 in.) H x W: 33.5 x 67.5 cm (13 3/16 x 26 9/16 in.); Gift of Clara Waldeck; 1972-81-25

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