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Collections > Textiles > Furnishing Brocade, with devices of Napoleon III

Furnishing Brocade, with devices of Napoleon III

Large strip unused furnishing fabric, pure silk brocade, Jacquard woven complete to selvages, emerald green satin background to pattern of bees, and 'NL' monogram under crown. A rose design is in a wreath. All this in shades of yellow and orange to give gold effect. Size: 160 x 54.4 cm

Place: France

Object Type: fabric

Period: Napoleon III

Actual Date: c. 1860

Century: 19th century

Material: Brocade

Museum Accession Number: TEX.7