Length of Woven Silk

France

Date

Mid-1760s

Medium

Silk, plain weave foundation with supplementary patterning warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts of silk, gilt- and silvered-metal strips, wrapped and flat

Dimensions

106.4 × 53.8 cm (41 7/8 × 21 1/8 in.); Repeat: 49.2 × 26.2 cm (19 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Walter Byron Smith