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Length of Woven Silk

Length of Woven Silk

Netherlands
Date
1730s
Medium
Silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by ground wefts; two selvages present
Dimensions
112.4 × 78.7 cm (44 1/4 × 31 in.); Repeat: 50.4 × 39.6 cm (19 7/8 × 15 5/8 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chester D. Tripp