#study collection

Wishing you sweet dreams & bright tomorrows, kind readers. A few more bits and bobs from my study collection—aren’t the c.1920s silk ribbon roses lovely ?

Two fragments from my study collection for use in my #materialculture class. One with hand painted florals & vines on Chinese (?) silk, the other a French brocaded silk; mid 18thc+

Talking about textiles—production, identification, use & reuse w/ #museumstudies/#publichistory graduate & undergrads for our hands-on #textile #lab. Image: Silk ribbon & trims on a 1760s+ dress weight brocaded silk fragment

Morning bouquet- A well-worn fragment of a French silk brocade c.1770s with a 1920s silk ribbon flower. Pretties

Wishing you good morning with a #dressweight #brocaded #silk fragment; French c1760s+ #studycollection