Cushion
ca. 1700 (made)
Cushion for chair, decorated on the top and along the border. Yellow damask lining on the back, possibly of a later date. Ornamented surfaces made of ivory silk satin, with the embroidered design incorporating flowers (hyacint ?, carnation, morning glory, rose) and strawberries, embroidered in silk threads of variousl colours and set against or amidst geometrically patterned surfaces, embroidered with metal-wrapped threads.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Ivory silk satin embroidered with silk threads of various colours, mostly in satin stitch, and with metal-wrapped threads. Damask on the back. |
| Brief description | embroidered, 1700c, French |
| Physical description | Cushion for chair, decorated on the top and along the border. Yellow damask lining on the back, possibly of a later date. Ornamented surfaces made of ivory silk satin, with the embroidered design incorporating flowers (hyacint ?, carnation, morning glory, rose) and strawberries, embroidered in silk threads of variousl colours and set against or amidst geometrically patterned surfaces, embroidered with metal-wrapped threads. |
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| Object history | Bought (Soulages collection) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 5728-1859 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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