French (Lyon)
"Bizarre" brocaded silk damask with Chinese-inspired motifs, including hanging baskets of flowers in golden yellow, pink, and white on a figured/damask (plain-weave/satin) cornflower blue ground.
An identical silk is in the collection of the Abegg-Stiftung (4887); illustrated in Ackermann, Seidengewebe des 18. Jahrhunderts, Vol. I, Bizarre Seiden (2000), p. 243, no. 132.
Very good condition.
Exhibitions
Exhibited in "A Durable Thread: The Silk Road from China to America," William Paterson University Galleries, Wayne, NJ, August 29–December 2, 2022.
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