Bodice fragment, Medium: silk, linen Technique: embroidered with chain stitch on satin weave, Bodice back with a repair at the upper right shoulder. Pale green silk satin is embroidered in colored silks in design of sprays of flowers and wheat projecting sideways from the center back. Borders of conventionalized flowers with dots and rings ru down either side of center back seam. Bodice is lined with linen., France, Europe, ca. 1775, embroidery & stitching, Bodice fragment

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