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Fragment of Silk Dress Fabric

Fragment of Silk Dress Fabric

Unidentified Artist

Italian?

"Bizarre" silk fragment of ivory warp-faced rib with polychrome (yellow and red with accents of green, blue and peach) brocading of fantastical flowers and foliage. Some of the leaves have shadow patterns of satin outlines.

Silk

Textile Arts