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Rectangular fragment; brown image on off white ground. Two repeating scenes entitled "The Dance" and "The Departure" showing the departure of poor family from their cottage and group of young adults dancing in a ring around a musician leaning against a tree. Borders of foliage and trees.
textiles
fragments
toile (textile material)
copper engraving (printing process)
cotton (textile)
piecing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
animals
dance
entertaining
families
floral patterns
Cloth Fragment
1967.1 BX
Goldsmith, Oliver (Poet)
England
27 (W) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Charles Hamilton Parker
1967.1B
Title Toile fragment Accession Number 1920.523
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