Textile
1705-1710 (made)
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Textile of silk satin. Crimson satin damask ground brocaded with green silk and silver thread with a bizarre design of exotic fruit and leaves. Damask based on a satin of 5, brocaded with silver filé and frisé and green silk. There are selvedges consisting of 5 cordonnets woven in tabby. There are 135 warp threads to cm, and decoupure is 6 threads. There are about 394 cords in the design, probably 400, allowing for a slight error in the warp count.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk satin damask in silk and silver threads |
| Brief description | Textile of brocaded silk satin damask, France, 1705-1710 |
| Physical description | Textile of silk satin. Crimson satin damask ground brocaded with green silk and silver thread with a bizarre design of exotic fruit and leaves. Damask based on a satin of 5, brocaded with silver filé and frisé and green silk. There are selvedges consisting of 5 cordonnets woven in tabby. There are 135 warp threads to cm, and decoupure is 6 threads. There are about 394 cords in the design, probably 400, allowing for a slight error in the warp count. |
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| Accession number | T.405A-1960 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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