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French, Lyon

Cloth of Gold, ca. 1750-1769

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

French

Title

Cloth of Gold

Year

ca. 1750-1769

Medium

Silk and metallic thread ribbed weave with discontinuous patterning wefts

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • metallic thread

Techniques

  • compound weave,
  • discontinuous supplementary weft

Dimensions

Length: 129.5 cm (51 inches)

Place

Lyon

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

46.256

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selected Works

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A World of Costume and Textiles

September 22 - November 12, 1989

Textile Treasures from the Permanent Collection

January 16 - March 1, 1987

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Cloth of Gold with the accession number of 46.256. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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