2nd half 18th c.
Ivory-coloured silk ground with liseré (self) pattern of diapering. Symmetical pattern of branching leaves from which sprout flowers and extend garlands in polychrome silk yarns. Brocaded with metallic yarns (filé and silver lancé).
100.3 x 54.9 cm (39 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)
[Blackborne, New York], sold; to Hervey E. Wetzel (1888-1919), Boston, 1915, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919.
Linen and wool, tapestry woven
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