Fragment
Unknown Maker
Light orange taffeta ground with vertical ribbon-like stripes and serpentine small-scale flowering vines passing behind stripes in supplementary warps of blue, rose, terra cotta, yellow, white and green silks.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Cohen
late 18th century
Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with continuous supplementary warp patterning
1923-7-32
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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