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Fragment of silk with a pattern of tree trunks with "lightning" bark, three blue bladder-shaped fruits and cup-shaped flowers in pink, red, green and white and oak leaves
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Fragment of silk with a pattern of tree trunks with "lightning" bark, three blue bladder-shaped fruits and cup-shaped flowers in pink, red, green and white and oak leaves

anonymous · c. 1725 - c. 1735 · twill; brocaded; tabby; gros-de-Tours; silk

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

About this work

Fragment of a silk fabric with an incomplete, asymmetrical pattern in height: a straight row of tree trunks slanting to the left with green contours and white "lightning" bark, which intersect a branch with three bladder-shaped blue fruits. Below a cut branch with a hanging cup-shaped flower in pink, red, green, and white, and a hanging oak leaf. Below a yellow fruit (cut off).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineFragment van zijde met patroon van boomstammen met "bliksem"schors, met drie blauwe blaasvormige vruchten en kelkbloemen in roze, rood, groen en wit en eikenblad. c. 1725 - c. 1735. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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