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Fringe with Tassels

A work made of cotton and gold gilt strip wound around a linen fiber core, warp-faced plain weave with extended weft loop fringe; tassels attached: gold gilt coiled wire and wood forms wrapped with gold gilt strips wrapped around a linen core and cardboard forms covered with gold gilt strips and gild gilt wires.
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  • A work made of cotton and gold gilt strip wound around a linen fiber core, warp-faced plain weave with extended weft loop fringe; tassels attached: gold gilt coiled wire and wood forms wrapped with gold gilt strips wrapped around a linen core and cardboard forms covered with gold gilt strips and gild gilt wires.

Date:

1710/74

Artist:

France

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fringe with Tassels

Place

France (Object made in)

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Made 1710–1774

Medium

Cotton and gold gilt strip wound around a linen fiber core, warp-faced plain weave with extended weft loop fringe; tassels attached: gold gilt coiled wire and wood forms wrapped with gold gilt strips wrapped around a linen core and cardboard forms covered with gold gilt strips and gild gilt wires

Dimensions

94.8 × 20.5 cm (37 3/8 × 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Robertson

Reference Number

1984.1542

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