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Dress Fabric with Design of Meandering Floral Vineslast quarter of 18th century

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Watercolor drawing of a floral swag with pale pink ribbon bows and clusters of roses, dahlias, lilies, and small blue and yellow blooms arranged in a sweeping arc on cream paper
Watercolor design on cream ground featuring swag of trailing vine along the top, with two floral clusters below left and right connected by curling gray ribbon tied in a bow; flowers include blue carnations, yellow tulips, pink sweet peas, and dark red blooms rendered in delicate brushwork.

Unknown, Dress Fabric with Design of Meandering Floral Vines, last quarter of 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dorothy M. Dixon, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Dress Fabric with Design of Meandering Floral Vines
Place Made
China for European market
Date Made
last quarter of 18th century
Medium
Silk plain weave, hand painted with pigments
Dimensions
112 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (286.39 × 40.01 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy M. Dixon
Accession Number
M.83.231.1
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles