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Velvet
Italian
late 15th–early 16th century
Medium/Technique
Silk velvet cut and voided with gold-colored wrapped metal thread
Dimensions
238 x 56 cm (93 11/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number99.161
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThe ground is woven with yellow silk and gold thread. The design of large leaf-forms outlined with smaller flower forms filled with a conventional bunch of flowers, connected by long stems, is of yellow silk, gold thread and deep pinkish red velvet. Much worn.