Crimson Silk Brocade Panel Museum Worthy : early C1800s England Birds and insects 18th century dress silk hand

18th century dress silk hand painted in China for use by the fashionable aristocracy of Europe

Made in a gorgeous floppy silk which has a lovely drop and feels wonderful to wear

these detailed and quite exquisite embroideries are some of the best examples of silk embroidery that we have had in our collection

loose threads and a few minor marks to lace

which arrived still in their original wrapping papers

Crimson Silk Brocade Panel Museum Worthy : early C1800s England Birds and insects 18th century dress silk handItem Details. A wonderful panel of crimson magenta deep pinky red silk brocade. This is a furnishing weight silk and is of a very high quality, possibly made to furnish the walls of a spectacular room. The silk dates from the first half of the 19th century and was made in the UK, it has an original shop label which reads Muntzer & Son, 25 Regent Street, Piccadilly (London) which suggests it was never used, but there are stitching marks and the remains