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Fragment of brocade

(FRANCE)
Fragment of brocade
 (c. 1747)

Medium
silk

Measurements
58.7 × 27.3 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1972

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(France)

Accession Number
D130-1972

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
Yellow silk ground with a circular pattern of brocaded leaves and posies. Large flowers suspended at the bottom into the main design.

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