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Textile Fragment French, ca. 1790-1840 Blue and yellow striped silk moiré costume fabric. Moiré describes a textile in which a rippled or watered effect has been produced by pressing certain warp ribbed fabrics in such a way that the flattened and unflattened parts reflect light differently (CIETA). Transferred
from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin,
Ohio, *
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Included in the Exhibition In
Bloom: Patterned Silk Design Innovations in Eighteenth Century
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Ohio Arts Council Sustainability Grant.
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