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Textile (France), 1720–25

This is a Textile. It is dated 1720–25 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is silk, metal foil-wrapped silk-core threads and its technique is 7&1 satin with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade). It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 94.9 x 54 cm (37 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.)

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Textile (France), 1720–25; silk, metal foil-wrapped silk-core threads; H x W: 94.9 x 54 cm (37 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1950-49-1

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