English (Spitalfields)
Brocaded silk taffeta, ca. 1750-52
silk, gilt silver
54 x 21 in.
POA
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Brocaded silk taffeta for dress. Ivory ground with branching subpattern; spot motifs of abstracted rose buds, carnations, and bunches of feathers. Brocaded in silver strip, silver frisee thread, and polychrome...
Brocaded silk taffeta for dress. Ivory ground with branching subpattern; spot motifs of abstracted rose buds, carnations, and bunches of feathers. Brocaded in silver strip, silver frisee thread, and polychrome silks in shades of red, pink, purple, yellow and green.
Identical fragments are in the V&A Museum (T.110-1966, T.110A-1966, T.282-1971, the last given by Cora Ginsburg).
Very good condition
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