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Conical pavilion, made of light yellow (taffeta) silk, trimmed with a gathered light blue silk ribbon
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Conical pavilion, made of light yellow (taffeta) silk, trimmed with a gathered light blue silk ribbon

anonymous · c. 1690 - c. 1710 · wood (plant material); silk

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

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Pavilion, made of light yellow (taffeta) silk, trimmed with a gathered light blue silk ribbon. The conical pavilion consists of three curtains, a large one (¼ circle) and two smaller ones, which are gathered at the top and fixed around a wooden knob with a hook. Under the curtains hangs from the same knob on six blue silk ribbons, an oval wooden ring covered with light yellow silk, which keeps the curtains wide apart. Over the curtains and the ring, also hanging from the wooden knob, a conical cap is slipped, which is trimmed with gathered blue ribbon at the front and the split and around the hole for the knob. At the level of the oval ring, as decoration, a strongly gathered ruche of light yellow and blue silk is slipped (originally more tightly cinched than now).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKegelvormige paviljoen, vervaardigd van lichtgele (taft)zijde, afgezet met een ingerimpeld lichtblauw zijden bandje. c. 1690 - c. 1710. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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