Selvedge-to-selvedge width of blue brocaded silk satin, with chinoiserie design, comprising three scenes which run the length of the fabric. The first shows a woman being rowed by a man in a boat, while an attendant holds a parasol over her head; the second displays a circus rider standing on the back of a dog-like beast which is careering towards a trellised arcade, under which crouches a man; the third is composed of an arbor beneath which sits a woman before whom a fat man dances while two pipers play music. This panel is designed to fit alongside another panel; the green arcade on the left of the second scene fits alongside the grey arcade at the right of the third scene, the front part of the bird on the left side of the first scene, and the prow of the ship, are found on the right side of the second scene. Chinoiserie scenes; brocaded and weft-patterned satin, Netherlands, 1735-45