Fragment, Medium: silk Technique: compound weave with supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Silk fragment showing detailed pattern in silvery shades of green and off-white with touches of salmon pink and yellow. Design has a symmetrical motif in two variants with a vertical bunch of flowers surmounted by fanning leaves surmounted by decorated pear-shaped cartouche with diaper filling, in a close-set medium sale diagonal repeat giving allover effect., France, early 18th century, woven textiles, Fragment