Silver tissue fragment
Datec. 1759
Medium/TechniqueSilk, silver
DimensionsOverall: 3 in. × 1 in. (7.62 cm × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary Jane Straka, 1992
Object numberW-3603
DescriptionThis piece of silver tissue features a weft faced weave of flat tapes of silver bound by a supplementary silk warp on a white silk ground.
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c. 1759
c. 1785-1795
1718-1730
1740-1760
1740-1760
1740-1760
1740-1760
1718-1730
c. 1785
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1718-1730
1750-1770