1700 / 1750, France

1700 / 1750, France

Identifier
51.1585
Transfer of custody
MFA Boston
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
53 cm (height)
51.8 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Piece. Brocaded in silver wire wound on a silk core and polychrome silks on a ground of ivory ribbed silk. Large floral arrangements with pineaples and scrolls in silver. Lined with natural-colored linen plain cloth. Folded, soiled, stained, many splits and holes. Worn, silver tarnished, repaired with running stitches.