1700 / 1750, France

1700 / 1750, France

Identifier
58.1393
Transfer of custody
MFA Boston
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
55.7 cm (height)
50.3 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Panel. gray-green satin ground, with pattern brocaded in polychrome silks and silver yarn. Symmetrical design showing a flowery grove by a wall with a waterfall and certain bizarre elements such as giant bud or horn with flames at its crest, and curved bars at base of waterfall. Both selvedges, one partly broken away: six white cords, black wefts. Soiled and faded; silver tarnished; blacks mostly rotted out, leaving satin warps loose.