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Fragment of Brocade
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Point composition of stylized poppies, tulips, carnations and other small flowers and foliage in shades of salmon, green and purple on ivory-coloured ribbon silk ground; pieced horizontally and vertically; backed in linen plain weave with applied border of woven yellow silk braid
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Lucy Wallace Porter bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1962
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Lucy Wallace Porter
Title: Fragment of Brocade
Description:
Point composition of stylized poppies, tulips, carnations and other small flowers and foliage in shades of salmon, green and purple on ivory-coloured ribbon silk ground; pieced horizontally and vertically; backed in linen plain weave with applied border of woven yellow silk braid.
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