Ribbon

France

Date

1810

Medium

Silk, gold and silver metal thread (wound around a silk fiber core), warp-faced plain weave; additional metal threads in float pattern tied at intervals. backed with glazed cotton; fringed at one end in silver

Dimensions

67.6 × 6.5 cm (26 5/8 × 2 1/2 in.); Repeat: H.: 6.5 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. William J. Robertson