Watered silk moire fragment

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Watered silk moire fragment
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Datec. 1774-1793
MediumSilk
DimensionsComposition: 25.4 x 24.8 cm (10 x 9 3/4 in.) Frame: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object numberS2024.5.28
Not on view
DescriptionPink silk with white floral design and green, white, yellow vertical stripes.
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Additional Details

Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection, #28
Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "28. WATERED SILK, MOIRE; (cord and satin weave). / FRENCH, Louis XVI period (1774-1793)."
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