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Gaming Bag

France · 1675/1700 · Silk, broken warp-chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid pile; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in laid work, couching, and padded couching; over leather; edged with silk, plain weave tape; drawstring of silk, oblique interlacing

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

Subjects

silk (fiber)twill weaving 18th Century textile needlework (visual works)gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk leather couching (embroidering)embroidering laid work plain weaving costume

Credit lineGaming Bag. 1675/1700. France. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. John N. Jewett through the Antiquarian Society. CC0.

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