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Textile (England)

This is a Textile. It is dated ca. 1740 and we acquired it in 1990. Its medium is silk, metal-wrapped silk-core yarns of three types and its technique is warp-faced plain weave ground with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade). It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 109.2 x 54.9 cm (43 x 21 5/8 in.) Repeat H: 74.9 cm (29 1/2 in.)

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Textile (England); silk, metal-wrapped silk-core yarns of three types; H x W: 109.2 x 54.9 cm (43 x 21 5/8 in.) Repeat H: 74.9 cm (29 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1990-150-2

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