Fragment
Unknown Maker
Fragment of woven silk with a repeating pattern of a bird perched on a branch of roses arising from a mound. In pale blue, green, and pink silks on a silver metallic ground.
17th century
Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: compound twill weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade)
1899-17-1-c
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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