Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary binding warps tying some three color complementary self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacings

Across the top is the alphabet and numbers; below, a wreath of flowers enclosing a crown, the date, 1737, and a monogram, M.H.O.  Below this is a dish of fruit, a basket of flowers and rectangular spaces filled with various stitches.

Polychrome brocaded silk in naturalistic floral design on cream ground, orginally from a dress and petticoat.

1724~ / 1727~, 1737, France

1724~ / 1727~, 1737, France

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