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Two Fragments (From a Chasuble)

A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading and patterning wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in weft-float faced 4:1 and 2:3 twill interlacings.
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  • A work made of silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading and patterning wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in weft-float faced 4:1 and 2:3 twill interlacings.

Date:

c. 1725/28

Artist:

France

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Two Fragments (From a Chasuble)

Place

France (Object made in)

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Made 1715–1738

Medium

Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading and patterning wefts tied by supplementary binding warps in weft-float faced 4:1 and 2:3 twill interlacings

Dimensions

a: 47.3 × 28.4 cm (18 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.); b: 47.6 × 27.9 cm (18 3/4 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Reference Number

1926.826

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