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1909

  • Work on this object began.

1929

  • Work on this object ended.

1938

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Textile (France), ca. 1919

This is a Textile. It is dated ca. 1919 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is silk, metallic threads and its technique is compound satin with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocading). It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was bequest of Unknown. It is credited Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.

  • Ribbon Samples (France)
  • silk, metallic thread.
  • Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg.
  • 1938-82-123-a/g

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 120 x 90.2 cm (47 1/4 x 35 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile (France), ca. 1919; silk, metallic threads; Warp x Weft: 120 x 90.2 cm (47 1/4 x 35 1/2 in.); Anonymous bequest in memory of Albert and Rebecca Elsberg; 1938-82-177-a

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