Fragment
Cooper Hewitt

Fragment

1700–1705

Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk-core yarns Technique: 4/1 satin damask weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocaded) Label: silk satin damask brocaded with silk and metallic yarns
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Pale blue damask brocaded with red silk and silver metallic yarns, in feather-like shapes and floral scrolls in the 'bizarre' style. Both selvages present.

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