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Fragment of a covering of cream-colored taffeta with colored embroidery featuring whimsically winding ribbons with, among other things, palm trees and booths, branches and vines
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Fragment of a covering of cream-colored taffeta with colored embroidery featuring whimsically winding ribbons with, among other things, palm trees and booths, branches and vines

1740 - 1760 · ripsbinding; embroidering; rips; silk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Fragment of upholstery of cream-colored taffeta with colorful embroidery of symmetrically wide and whimsically winding, scalloped ribbons of half light blue, half purple. At great distances stand alternately a palm tree and a green pergola (arbor?). Loose branches with nuanced colored flowers are tied in a loop of the ribbons, while thinner vines with fine flowers wind around the ribbons.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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fragmentbespanningupholstered wall
Credit lineFragment bespanning van crème-kleurige ripszijde met kleurig borduurwerk met grillig slingerende linten met o.a. palmbomen en loofhutten(?), takken en ranken. 1740 - 1760. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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