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A work made of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of plain weave; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.
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  • A work made of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of plain weave; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Date:

Empire period, 1804/14

Artist:

France

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

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Place

France (Object made in)

Date

Made 1804–1814

Medium

Silk and cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps, supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by areas of plain weave; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

Dimensions

141.1 × 21.1 cm (55 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 47.1 cm (18 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Belle M. Borland Endowment

Reference Number

1985.644

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