EditorialTextile, Medium: silk and metal with plain compound satin Technique: brocade, Light orange (salmon) satin ground with the design disposed in stripes of bow-knots in silver with a staggered repeat of a scrolling leaf and flower motif brocaded in gold ac...
EditorialCapelet, Medium: silk, wool, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft; twill (lining), Part of a garment made from silver brocade with salmon-colored silk ruffles and lined with twill in natural wool., Russia, 18th century, costum...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with complementary wefts and inner warps; binding on the front is 1/3 twill; four dark green, salmon, and yellow wefts; the other colors are bound on the front in 1/3 twill and free floatin...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut and uncut voided supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (pile-on-pile velvet), Very small fragment with incomplete design. Uncut blue ground with large-scale floral and foliate motif in gree...
EditorialSidewall, Block-printed, stamped foil, applied chromolithograph, In center, large frame printed in salmon pink and green over-stamped in gold, in rustic Chinoiserie design; repeating on field, small foliate motifs printed in green and stamped in gold. ...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk and metal with plain compound satin Technique: brocade, Light orange (salmon) satin ground with the design disposed in stripes of bow-knots in silver with a staggered repeat of a scrolling leaf and flower motif brocaded in gold ac...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: plain weave with supplemetary weft (brocading), Medium-sized repeat of stylized symmetrical flower sprays of gold with touches of pale pink and coral in a trellis framework of fine silvery leaves and f...
EditorialWall pocket, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidery on salmon (faded) and blue silk plain weave; stem, knot, satin and chain stitches using dyed silks; couched gold-wrapped silk and strips of silver foil; plus attached coils of silver and ...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk and metallic thread Technique: continuous supplementary wefts in a satin foundation, Floral shapes, scrolls and diagonal grids in silver and salmon. Two directional., 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment.
EditorialChasuble fragments, Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: satin damask with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Two panels from a chasuble. Curving pattern of flowering branches with rococo and chinoiserie elements. In pale shades ...
EditorialCapelet, Medium: silk, wool, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft; twill (lining), Part of a garment made from silver brocade with salmon-colored silk ruffles and lined with twill in natural wool., Russia, 18th century, costum...
EditorialTunic, Medium: silk, metallic Technique: embroidery on plain weave, Sleeveless tunic of salmon-pink silk embroidered solidly with flat strips of silver foil in a geometric design., Tunisia, 19th century, costume & accessories, Tunic.
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with complementary wefts and inner warps; binding on the front is 1/3 twill; four dark green, salmon, and yellow wefts; the other colors are bound on the front in 1/3 twill and free floatin...
EditorialWhite taffeta skirt embroidered with multi-colored flower and leaf vines, lined with blue taffeta, lined with blue taffeta. Model: Four-lane straight skirt with flat pleats and a light blue drill ribbon at the waist. Hooks and eyes close the two side s...
EditorialPage of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz, late 15th century, Attributed to present-day Afghanistan, Herat, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, 11 7/8 x 7 1/2in. (30.2 x 19cm), Codices, This leaf comes from a dis...
EditorialSkirt with trail of salmon-colored satin, decorated with a sliver and candelabrum ornament of silver wire and with medallions with landscapes and bouquets painted in grisaille, Skirt of salmon-colored satin, decorated with sliver and candelabrum orname...
EditorialMasquerade costume consisting of jerkin and shorts of salmon pink silk damask with large flower, fruit and leaf motifs alongside grid fillings, with matching cape of light blue rips silk and accessories, Costume in 17th century style, salmon pink suit ...
EditorialSilk brocade decorated with flowers and leaves, Silk brocade, consisting of two rectangular fragments sewn together. Green branches with salmon-colored and with blue flowers in an asymmetrical frame of silver rosette and calyx flowers and long leaves o...
EditorialSilk brocade decorated with flowers and leaves, Silk brocade, consisting of two stitched rectangular fragments. Green branches with salmon-colored and with blue flowers in an asymmetrical frame of silver rosette and calyx flowers and long leaves on a g...
EditorialFragment of a multi-colored silk damask, A silk fabric. On a beige ground a continuous pendulum with various light-salmon colored, yellow and blue flowers and salmon-colored and silver leaves., anonymous, France (possibly), 1730 - 1760, silk, damask, h...
EditorialFragment of a multi-colored silk damask, On a red satin ground a symmetrical branch of gold or silver interwoven leaves, two blue carnations and a light salmon-colored rose. Two pieces sewn together., 1740 - 1760, silk, damask, h 61.5 cm ? w 21 cm.
EditorialWhite taffeta skirt embroidered with multi-colored flower and leaf vines, lined with blue taffeta, lined with blue taffeta. Model: Four-lane straight skirt with flat pleats and a light blue drill ribbon at the waist. Hooks and eyes close the two side s...
EditorialFragment of complex silk fabric, A fragment of salmon-colored silk with a striped pattern, in which strips run with various stylized flower and leaf motifs in white, black and silver thread., anonymous, France, 1660, silk, h 41 cm ? w 22 cm h 45 cm ? w...
EditorialAtlantic salmon, Salmo salar 1, silver salmon, Salmo schiefermuelleri (extinct) 2, and sea trout, Salmo trutta 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Sr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural His...
EditorialPage of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz, late 15th century, Attributed to present-day Afghanistan, Herat, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, 11 7/8 x 7 1/2in. (30.2 x 19cm), Codices, This leaf comes from a dis...
EditorialAtlantic salmon, Salmo salar 1, silver salmon, Salmo schiefermuelleri (extinct) 2, and sea trout, Salmo trutta 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Sr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural His...
EditorialWoman in evening dresses of salmon pink satin crepe and silver satin with a violet chrysanthemum on the belt. Handcolored pochoir (stencil) lithograph from the French luxury fashion magazine Art, Gout, Beaute, 1923.