James Leman
Dress Fabric

DesignerEnglish, 1688–1745
DesignerEnglish, 1660–1739
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Dress Fabric
Datec. 1730
PlaceLondon, England
MediumBrocaded silk
DimensionsIrregular cut: 21 × 40 inches (53.3 × 101.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with departmental funds
Object number93.403
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Martin Kamer Ltd., Zug, Switzerland]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.
Exhibition History"Fabric of Fashion," at MFAH Sep. 10 - Nov. 6, 1994

“Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, September 13, 2014–February 1, 2015.

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front
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