Textile, Medium: silk Technique: 8-harness satin (brown) patterned by weft-floats (light gray) with continuous supplementary weft (ivory), and a discontinuous supplementary weft (light blue) bound on the front by a supplementary warp in a 1/3 twill, Reddish-brown satin with a large-scale design of vaguely chinoiserie character. Horizontal row of motifs formed by: groups of vases, trunks filled with scrolls and fabric swags, rocaille forms with dragons, Chinese pavilions, mirrors, and shield-forms with rooster heads., Italy or Lyon, France, 1780–1789, woven textiles, Textile

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