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Textile, Char du Soleil

This is a Textile. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is silk and its technique is compound weave with discontinuous supplementary weft (brocading). It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 94 x 33.5 cm (37 x 13 3/16 in.)

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Textile, Char du Soleil; France; silk; Warp x Weft: 94 x 33.5 cm (37 x 13 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1941-37-1

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