Textile Fragment
French, ca. 1775-1780

Pink, green, and white striped silk tabby costume fabric with warp
patterning polychrome threads.

Warp patterning describes a textile in which a pattern is formed by adding
supplementary warp threads to a ground fabric (CIETA).

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fulton, 1986,
Fulton/Lucien Collection (KSUM 1986.123.56)

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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