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A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of plain weve; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.
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  • A work made of silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of plain weve; woven on loom with jacquard attachment.

Date:

1830/50

Artist:

Designed by Gertrude Rapp (American, 1808–1889)
Woven by the Harmonist Society, 1830-1850
United States, Pennsylvania, Ambridge, Old Economy

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Gertrude Rapp (Designer)

Title

Fragment

Place

Pennsylvania (Object made in)

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Made 1830–1850

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by ground weft floats and areas of plain weve; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

Dimensions

105.7 × 51.7 cm (41 5/8 × 20 3/8 in.); Repeat: 6.8 × 8.3 cm (2 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Exchange from the Scalamandré Museum

Reference Number

1952.503

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