Textile Fragment
French, ca. 1760s

Light pink silk taffeta costume fabric brocaded with polychrome, gilt filé and frisé,
and silver frisé thread. The gold ribbon trim is a later addition.

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fulton, 1986,
Fulton/Lucien Collection (KSUM 1986.123.58)

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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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