Silk Velvet
1550-1600
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Two loom-widths of brocaded silk velvet, previously sewn together, with design of large silver brocaded roundels containing gilt brocaded sunburst, reserved against red ground. Two repeats of the design
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cut and voided red silk velvet pile, with supplementary silver and gilt wrapped silk wefts, edges bound with crimson satin. Thick cotton weft, masked by the metal-wrapped silk wefts. |
| Brief description | Brocaded silk velvet with silver and gilt roundels reserved against red ground, probably Bursa, Ottoman Turkey, 1550-1600 |
| Physical description | Two loom-widths of brocaded silk velvet, previously sewn together, with design of large silver brocaded roundels containing gilt brocaded sunburst, reserved against red ground. Two repeats of the design |
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| Production | Lining and binding of object is stored in MG6/32/7 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.86-1958 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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