Medium: silk Technique: warp-faced plain weave foundation with discontinuous supplementary wefts bound on the front in 3/1 twill and free-floating on the back.
Type:
woven textiles
Fragment
Made in:
France
Date:
18th century
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Square repeat of a branch with curving leaves and large blossoms [one red, one blue] growing out of a shell-shaped mound. The background is brown.