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Textile LengthEarly 18th century

Not on view
Woven silk or silk-like textile with a powder-blue ground, decorated with a repeating allover pattern of large pink and peach blooms, gourd-shaped fruits, chartreuse pomegranates, and yellow birds among olive and sage foliage
Title
Textile Length
Place Made
England, Spitalfields
Date Made
Early 18th century
Medium
Silk satin with silk supplementary-weft patterning bound in plain weave (lampas) with silk supplementary weft-patterning and silk discontinuous supplementary-weft patterning (brocade).
Dimensions
43 × 20 7/8 in. (109.22 × 53.02 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Erskin
Accession Number
M.82.5
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.