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A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of plain weave.

Panel (Dress Fabric)

c. 1880

Possibly from a dress designed by the House of Worth Possibly Lyon, France

France

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of plain weave

Textiles