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1770 / 1779, France

1770 / 1779, France

Identifier
T.46-1968
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169.545 cm (height)
64.135 cm (width)
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Description

Dress fabric of brocaded silk, France, 1770s Dress fabric of brocaded silk. With a pink ground with warp stripes in blue and a brocaded design of rose stems. The stems are pale blue and the roses are pink, mauve and tan. Brocaded tabby technique. Only the rose heads are brocaded, the stems are made by the ground weft.