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Culture:British
Title:Length of Silk Taffeta
Date Made:1750-1760
Type:Textile Length
Materials:Textile: Float-weave patterned silk plain weave ground with discontinuous supplementary silk weft patterning.
Place Made:England: London (probably Spitalfields)
Measurements:Overall: 20 5/8 x 38 1/2 in; 52.4 x 97.8 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2024.16.1
Credit Line:Museum purchase with the Hall and Kate Peterson Fund for Minor Antiques
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Length of figured cream silk taffeta brocaded with a repeating offset pattern of shell motifs and polychrome floral bunches in a characteristic Rococo style.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Silk

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