silk

Coat, 1800–1943, Chinese, silk, metal. Length: 45 1/2 in. (115.6 cm). Gift of Mrs. John Jay Whitehead, 1943. C.I.43.13.4 © 2000–2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Coat, 1800–1943, Chinese, silk, metal. Length: 46 in. (116.8 cm). Gift of Mrs. John Jay Whitehead, 1943. C.I.43.13.1. © 2000–2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Coat, 1850–1900. Chinese, silk, metal. Length: 30 1/4 in. (76.8 cm). Gift of Dorothy A. Gordon and Virgina A. White, in Memory of Madge Ashley, 1973. 1973.291.1. © 2000–2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A fine and very rare silk kesi panel, Central Asia, Yuan dynasty, 13th ct. or early. Photo Nagel Woven with gold lions, leaves, palmettes, buds and smaller flowers in a repeating pattern of parallel rows, which face first left, then right. The lions with curly coats and manes, their mouths open and tongues protruding; their bodies worked in gold thread, made from gold leaf on an animal substrate and edged in red silk, now faded; their manes in polychrome silks. The leaves, palmettes and flowers in naturalistic colours, edged in... [Lire la suite]

Textile Fragment with Design of Boys Among Pomegranates and Flowers. Silk, 11th Century. L x W: 12 3/8 x 14 in. 51.157. Founders Society Purchase, Octavia W. Bates Fund. Photo ©2012, Detroit Institute of Arts Provenance: Mr. Loewi (dealer)

England, Coat (detail) 1740s, silk, wool, linen, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 

France, Coat, c.1810 wool, silk, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

A fine Imperial yellow-ground silk Throne Cushion Cover. Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's finely embroidered in polychrome silks with a central medallion of nine peaches surrounded by cranes in flight amidst wispy two-tone blue clouds, each grasping a bamboo stalk in its beak, the border with rolling and cresting waves centered on pierced rocks and celestial peaks, all on a muted gold ground. Height 50 in., 127 cm; Width 51 in., 129.5 cm. Estimate 70,000-90,000 USD PROVENANCE: Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1989. ... [Lire la suite]

Emilio Pucci "Leaf" Signature Print Silk Dress, Circa 1990. Italy. photo The Paper Bag Princess This is a stretchy silk "Leaf" signature print dress by Emilio Pucci. It has a 3/4" sleeve and a keyhole with a button on the back neck. Price $895 The Paper Bag Princess. 8818 West Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA, 90211. Phone: 310 385-9036 - E-Mail: elizabeththepaperbagprincess@gmail.com

Yves Saint Laurent Silk Peasant Blouse. France. 1970's. photo 20th Century Couture Yves Saint Laurent peasant blouse in multi color flower print on purple silk. Sold 20th Century Couture. 3800 Segovia Street, Coral Gables, FL, 33134. Phone: 305.476.1125. E-Mail: connywind@mac.com