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sample, jacquard weaving
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Jacquard woven ribbon with floral design of polychrome flowers with green leaves on black ground; flowers cascading from stylized leaves formed into a rondel; stylized ancanthus leaves form a serpentine coil that starts at the border and curves into rondel at center; yellow band along edges with interior decorative design of repeating yellow circles along edges. Fabricated in St. Etienne, France between 1850-1900. From the Merci Train or Gratitude Train from France.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linesample, jacquard weaving. 1850 - 1900. Faure, Eustache. National Museum of American History, Gift of D.C. French Gratitude Train Committee. CC0.
