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Length of Dress or Furnishing Fabric

A work made of silk, plain weave with self-patterning weft floats and areas of satin weave; watered (moiré).
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  • A work made of silk, plain weave with self-patterning weft floats and areas of satin weave; watered (moiré).

Date:

1852/70

Artist:

France, possibly Lyon

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Length of Dress or Furnishing Fabric

Place

Lyon (Object made in:)

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Made 1852–1870

Medium

Silk, plain weave with self-patterning weft floats and areas of satin weave; watered (moiré)

Dimensions

204.2 × 59 cm (80 3/8 × 23 in.); Repeat: 38.5 × 28.7 cm (15 1/8 × 11 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Belle M. Borland Endowment

Reference Number

2006.165

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