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Furnishing Fabric

1575-1625 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woven with cut silk pile on a ground enriched with silver thread. This velvet is woven with a border on each side and was therefore almost certainly intended to hang as a wall panel.


Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Furnishing Fabric
  • Furnishing Fabric
  • Hanging
Materials and techniques
Silk velvet with silver thread
Brief description
Panels of furnishing fabric, 1575-1625, Italian. Silk velvet with silver thread.
Physical description
Woven with cut silk pile on a ground enriched with silver thread. This velvet is woven with a border on each side and was therefore almost certainly intended to hang as a wall panel.
Collection
Accession number
698B-1864

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Record createdAugust 15, 2006
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