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Textile (England)

This is a Textile. It is dated 1700–1750 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is silk, metal-wrapped silk-core threads and its technique is plain weave with discontinuous supplementary wefts (brocading). It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Madame Raimundo de Madrazo.

Its dimensions are

H x W (A): 112.1 × 102.2 cm (44 1/8 × 40 1/4 in.) H x W (B): 105.4 × 52.7 cm (41 1/2 × 20 3/4 in.)

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Textile (England); silk, metal-wrapped silk-core threads; H x W (A): 112.1 × 102.2 cm (44 1/8 × 40 1/4 in.) H x W (B): 105.4 × 52.7 cm (41 1/2 × 20 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Madame Raimundo de Madrazo; 1955-162-2-a,b

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