Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: damassé weave in 8-harness satin plus plain weave with floats of alternate wefts and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), all bound in 3/1 twill, Fragment of green silk damask brocaded with design in the ‘bizarre’ style showing flowering vines in red, yellow and green with scrolls in silver. One selvage remains., France, late 17th–early 18th century, woven textiles, Fragment

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