European Textiles

French or Italian

• Claret & crushed rose damask, the pattern brocaded in silver, silver gilt & coloured silk threads
  1695 - 1705
  35 x 51 cms

Fanlike and conical forms are combined here with abstract plant forms.

A related example is in the Abegg Stiftung inventory No. 1805

• Link to information on Bizzare Silks