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Brocade fragment

Early 18th century
Object PlaceContinental Europe
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin damask brocaded with silk and metallic supplementary wefts
DimensionsOverall: 47 x 67.9 cm (18 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number96.428
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection, Gift to the MFA, 1896.
late 17th century
Textile length
Early 18th century
Sewing case
second half of the 18th century
Panel
about 1700–10
late 17th century
Textile length
late 17th century
about 1850
Length of silk
early 18th century