Concept information
Preferred term
Bizarre silks
Definition
- Figured silks fashionable throughout Europe, ca.1695-ca.1720; woven according to an extremely wide range of exotic designs composed mainly of swaying and tropical-looking floral and foliage motifs, offset by sharply jagged lines and rectangular architectural and other motifs; dominant pattern usually in gold or silver thread [DDA 89]
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Silks, bizarre
Notation
- 119644
In other languages
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French
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Soierie bizarre
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-WJ6JL8DQ-Z
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