PREFERRED TERM
Bizarre silks
DEFINITION
- A style (circa 1695-1720) which is made of silk with symmetrical designs of flowers and foliage, influenced by oriental textiles but produced in Europe (Lyon, France and London.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Clarke, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2nd ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. (online)
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Soierie bizarre
French
Seta bizzarre
Italian
Estilo bizarro
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/654
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