Textile
Cooper Hewitt

Textile

1740–49

Medium: silk Technique: discontinuous supplementary weft (brocaded) on a plain weave foundation with auxiliary pattern created by weft floats.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Sprays of polychrome flowers and bowknots on a while background. Background is patterned with a white on white design. Both the primary and auxiliary pattern reverse in direction.

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