Border

France

Date

Directoire period, 1790/99

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warp, supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterning ground wefts

Dimensions

61.2 × 18.4 cm (24 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 56.4 cm (22 1/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Purchased with funds provided by Laurance H. Armour, Jr. and Margot B. Armour Family Foundation