A set of five lengths of brocaded silk dress fabric, second half of the 18th century, French, probably Lyon,

each panel of loom width, with ribbed tobine white and pink stripes on an ivory taffeta ground, sprigged with weft-woven flowers and brocaded floral sprays in rich colours

116 x 48cm; framed and glazed 125 x 57cm

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Provenance:

A private collection, Abingdon Mansions, Kensington, London W8;
Peta Smyth, London;
Palais Galliera, Musée de la Mode de la Ville, Paris, 'Garde-robe des Princes de Ligne & autres étoffes précieuses provenant du château de Beloeil' (Wardrobe of the Princes of Ligne & other precious fabrics from the castle of Beloeil, Belgium), 2004.

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