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Fragment of brocade

(FRANCE)
Fragment of brocade
 (c. 1760-c. 1770)

Medium
silk

Measurements
46.3 × 23.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1972

Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(France)

Accession Number
D129-1972

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Pale pink ground with green and cream pattern. The central motif consists of a compact trail of brocaded roses and leaves in two shades of pink and cream enclosed in two ribbed cream bands, alternating on either side are posies of flowers brocaded in two shades of green, pink, magenta, blue, yellow and cream.

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