Velvet
1775-1800 (made)
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Silk velvet, woven in cut pile on a ground of silver gilt thread. Symmetrical floral pattern in a setting of scroll ornament in dark green on a gold ground.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk velvet on silver gilt ground |
| Brief description | Silk velvet on a ground of silver gilt thread with floral pattern; Russia; late 18th century. |
| Physical description | Silk velvet, woven in cut pile on a ground of silver gilt thread. Symmetrical floral pattern in a setting of scroll ornament in dark green on a gold ground. |
| Marks and inscriptions | [Cyrillic script] (The first seven letters are indisctinct. Poliakova here indicates "belonging to Poliakov" (rather than the female patronymic).)
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| Object history | Registered File number 1930/5357. |
| Production | "From vendor's list: Factory of the successors of Mark Ciccani. One of [the pieces] is signed by Poliakoff, weaver at Moscow in the 18th century." |
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| Accession number | T.75A-1930 |
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| Record created | September 26, 2008 |
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