Medium:

Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a twill weave foundation

Dimensions:

H x W: 13.5 × 8.5 cm (5 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Fragment

Made in:

Italy

Date:

16th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Fragment of magenta-colored velvet, cut and uncut, against a gold-colored ground in a small serpentine leaf pattern.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf

Accession Number:

1962-56-152

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq477002fcd-570f-4eeb-92bb-7db1facdd4d6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1962-56-152