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"Alhambra" textile panel with double border

"Alhambra" textile panel with double border

Probably made by Mathevon et Bouvard, French 1750-1970
Date
c. 1865
Medium
Silk and gilt-metal-strip wrapped silk; satin weave with secondary patterning wefts, and supplementary brocading wefts bound with twill interlacings
Dimensions
a: 257.9 × 76.2 cm (101 1/2 × 30 in.); b: 162.9 × 76.2 cm (64 1/8 × 30 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment