Panel (Dress Fabric)

France

Date

1775/80

Medium

Silk, plain weave with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped with silk supplementary facing wefts; embroidered with silk and silvered-metal-strip and wire purl in satin stitches; couching; embellished with silvered and colored metal spangles; semiprecious stones

Dimensions

61.4 × 46 cm (24 1/8 × 18 1/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 6.5 cm (2 1/2 in.); Matted: 71.1 × 91.4 cm (28 × 36 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society