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Panel fragment
Panel fragment

Panel fragment

Date1730
Label TextSilk fabrics featuring geometrical shapes and stylized leaves and flowers in bold colors were popular in Europe in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. These strong designs were influenced by a wave of Asian textiles and decorative objects reaching the European market in those decades. Although silver in appearance, the metallic threads are actually white gold, an alloy of gold and at least one white metal, usually nickel, manganese or palladium. Otherwise, if silver, they would appear black from tarnish.
Object number70.72
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Going For Gold, November 3, 2012 - December 8, 2013
Credit LineGift of friends in memory of Ada Haslam
Dimensions26 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (67.31 x 54.61 cm)
MediumSilk brocade with metallic threads
Textile fragment
French
mid 18th century
Object number: 56.172
Cope
French
18th century
Object number: 33.290
Photo: Beth Mann
mid 18th century
Object number: 48.99.1
Embroidered Panel: St. Andrew
Italian (Genoa)
16th century
Object number: 56.70
Courtesy of the Galerie Chevalier, Paris
Judocus de Vos
commissioned in 1717
Object number: 2002.38.1
Photo: Susan Cole
Judocus de Vos
commissioned in 1717
Object number: 2002.38.2
Courtesy of the Galerie Chevalier, Paris
Judocus de Vos
commissioned in 1717
Object number: 2002.38.3
Courtesy of the Galerie Chevalier, Paris
Judocus de Vos
commissioned in 1717
Object number: 2002.38.4
Obi fragment
Japanese
1891-1917
Object number: 33.1421
Chasuble panel with Orphrey band
Italian (Genoa)
late 15th century
Object number: 46.40