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Panel of Furnishing Velvet
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Bittersweet-coloured cut velvet (three vertical seams) with embroidered motif in the lower 2/3rd in metallic yarns and pailettes (where metallic yarns are missing - yellow silk embroidery) in a pattern of large floral arrangements about scrolls and shells; embroidery includes gilt (frisé, guipure, satin, gaufrure, couching lamé, filé, bouillon) and silver (filé) yarns; metallic yarn fringe; backed with salmon-coloured twill weave silk or rayon
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Mrs. Edwin S. Dodge gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1939
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Mrs. Edwin S. Dodge
Title: Panel of Furnishing Velvet
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Bittersweet-coloured cut velvet (three vertical seams) with embroidered motif in the lower 2/3rd in metallic yarns and pailettes (where metallic yarns are missing - yellow silk embroidery) in a pattern of large floral arrangements about scrolls and shells; embroidery includes gilt (frisé, guipure, satin, gaufrure, couching lamé, filé, bouillon) and silver (filé) yarns; metallic yarn fringe; backed with salmon-coloured twill weave silk or rayon.
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