Length of Woven Silk

France

Date

1735/38

Medium

Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and some supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacings

Dimensions

154.1 × 52.6 cm (60 5/8 × 20 3/4 in.); Repeat: 53.5 × 25.4 cm (21 × 10 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Textile Purchase Fund