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Piece of brocade
Italian or Spanish
mid-16th century
Medium/Technique
Silk and cotton brocade
Dimensions
44 x 38.1 cm (17 5/16 x 15 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number93.723
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionYellow silk ground. The design of an ogival framework of large leaves enclosing symmetrical composite flower forms, is of red satin. Pieces of this type are called "Italian perhaps of Milan" by Slan S. Cole, in pp.108 and 109, figs.88 and 89. "Spanish work, 16th century." See Cat. dÉtoffes Anciennes et Modernes décrites par Madame Isabelle Errera, Bruxelles, 1907, pp.184 and 185, nos. 235, 236, 237.