Embroidery Fragment
1570-1629 (made)
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Embroidery fragment made of crimson silk satin embroidered with silver filé in a pattern of repeating fleur-de-lys, cut into undulating strips, edged with couched silver-gilt filé and tacked with silver-gilt filé over blue silk taffeta, with a coarse linen backing.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, gold, silver; hand-woven satin, hand-embroidered |
| Brief description | 1570-1629, French; crimson silk satin strips embroidered over blue silk taffeta |
| Physical description | Embroidery fragment made of crimson silk satin embroidered with silver filé in a pattern of repeating fleur-de-lys, cut into undulating strips, edged with couched silver-gilt filé and tacked with silver-gilt filé over blue silk taffeta, with a coarse linen backing. |
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| Accession number | 737-1894 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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