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Panel in the form of a Table Runner
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Bizarre silk panel of dress fabric with pattern of bizarre forms, flowers, including "borage", and fruit in polychrome silk on crimson damask ground. Period selvedges (22 inch width selvedge to selvedge). Silk and gilt metallic yarns, filé and frisé, in compound weave (lampas "damassé" and some brodading). Modern red silk plain weave backing and trim.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Nettie G. Naumburg New York Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum 1930.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Title: Panel in the form of a Table Runner
Description:
Bizarre silk panel of dress fabric with pattern of bizarre forms, flowers, including "borage", and fruit in polychrome silk on crimson damask ground.
Period selvedges (22 inch width selvedge to selvedge).
Silk and gilt metallic yarns, filé and frisé, in compound weave (lampas "damassé" and some brodading).
Modern red silk plain weave backing and trim.
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