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Brocade
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Brocade
- Place of origin:
Russia (made)
- Date:
1725-1775 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Brocaded silk and silver and silver-gilt thread
- Museum number:
T.83-1930
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Brocaded in floss silk and silver and silver-gilt thread on a ground of satin damask. Pattern consists of bands of foliations, crossed by rose-sprigs, and forming compartments, which enclose bouquets of roses, silhouetted against large, irregular foliage, and tied with fluttering ribbons. The brocading is white, gold, silk, silver, and shades of red and purple, on a green damasked ground.
Place of Origin
Russia (made)
Date
1725-1775 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Brocaded silk and silver and silver-gilt thread
Dimensions
Length: 29 in, Width: 20 in
Object history note
Registered File no. 1930/5357. Unstitched from a cope.
Descriptive line
Brocaded silk and silver on satin damask; Russia; middle of 18th century.
Production Note
From vendor's list: possibly from a private factory.
Materials
Silk (textile); Silver thread
Techniques
Brocaded; Damask weaving
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Roses (flowers)
Categories
Textiles
Collection code
T&F
