Textile, brocaded taffeta
Dateca. 1755
MediumSilk brocaded with silk and metallic threads.
Dimensions21" wide x 37" long; vertical repeat 26 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-55
DescriptionPanel from woman's gown skirt of ivory-ground silk taffeta with secondary weft-float pattern of undulating leafy branches and blossoms, brocaded with spotted elements. Larger spikey clusters of single flowers and strawberry sprigs strewn in alternate arrangement. Brocaded with silk in rose, yellow, orange, greens, plums, and black, with metallic silver threads. Brocade shading is of type called points rentrees.Textile ca. 1740; gown 1770-1776
ca. 1750 (textile); ca. 1770 (gown remodeled)
1820s, from 1770-1780 silk
ca. 1760-1780
1750-1760
ca. 1750 (textile); ca. 1770 (gown remodeled)
19th-20th century
1750-1760
1745-1750 (textile); gown ca. 1780, gown remade ca. 1845
Ca. 1750-1755
1777-1786