Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragment of velvet in a chinoiserie design has a circular pavilion with a pointed roof and bells, flanked by fruit and pheasants and separated by looped garlands from scalloped pinnacled canopy. Under the canopy, two monkeys in cocked hats balance on either side of a composite musical instrument with central cymbal which they beat. Diamond framework of flowering vines sets off repeat. In shades of red, golden yellow, brown, tan, green, black, light blue, on a cream-colored ground.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-149-3-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: cut loops of a tie-dyed, stenciled or block printed warp in a 3/1 twill foundation (velvet)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 73 × 56 cm (28 3/4 × 22 1/16 in.)