Textile, Medium: silk, metal thread Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Blue taffeta with deeply curving serpentines in warp of the ground fabric. Between serpentines, in horizontal rows, figure of a man playing a clarinet, alternating with a bird on a slender branch. Alternate horizontal rows have sprays of flowers. Design brocaded in silver metal thread with outlines in red silk brocade., France, 1750–1800, woven textiles, Textile

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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