Fragment

France or Italy possibly for the Portuguese market

Date

c. 1711/12

Medium

Silk, and silvered- and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts, supplementary patterning wefts, and self-patterned by areas of plain weave

Dimensions

180.3 × 109.4 cm (71 × 43 1/16 in.); Repeat: 34.2 × 17.9 cm (13 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection