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Length of velvet
Italian (Venice)
1520
Object Place: Venice, From the Church of La Fava, Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk velvet brocade with gold-colored metal strip wrapped on silk core thread
Dimensions
79.5 x 46.8 cm (31 5/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number57.391
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRectangular panel, patched in upper left corner. Crimson velvet ground; pattern in flat and loop brocaded gold yarns. Design shows symmetrical arrangements of leafy branches bearing pomegranate and flowers; oval medallions or elaborate fleurs-de-lys at the intersections. Partial selvedge along one side: green warp twill with single gold colored stripe. Gold yarns much worn and breaking away from ground. Church of La Fava, about 1520.
ProvenanceMme. Niclausse (dealer), Paris; sold by Mme. Niclausse to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; 1957, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $350. (Accession Date: May 9, 1957)