Two Textile Fragments
French, ca. 1760-1765

Dark pink and white striped silk tabby costume fabric brocaded with polychrome thread.
At one point, both panels were pieced together in an attempt to recreate the original pattern.

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fulton, 1986,
Fulton/Lucien Collection (KSUM 1986.123.2ab)

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Included in the Exhibition

In Bloom: Patterned Silk Design Innovations in Eighteenth Century France
Alumni Gallery, March 6, 2008, to February 8, 2009
Elizabeth St-George, Guest Curator
   
   


It has received support through an
Ohio Arts Council Sustainability Grant.
    


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