Cooper Hewitt
Textile
1705–07
"Bizarre" style woven length has a large pot or bulb with a tall sprouting stem with four amaryllis-like flowers; from the same pot a hanging plant descends, resembling a date palm. Of a second motif, only the bottom of a conical vase form is visible on component "a." The vertical repeat is completed in component "b." In light blue, green, orange, yellow, and off-white silks on a metallic gold ground.
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