Furnishing Fabric
1500-1650 (made)
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If several lengths of this silk were sewn side-by-side it would create an ogival lattice pattern of the type very fashionable in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Voided silk velvet with supplementary weft of silver and silver-gilt strip wound around a silk core |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric with a floral pattern in gold and silver on a background of silk pile, Turkey, 16th to 17th century. |
| Physical description | Very large scale design of vertically linked ogival medallions, Voided red silk velvet with supplementary weft of silver and silver-gilt strip wound around a white or yellow silk core. If several lengths were sewn side-by-side it would create an ogival lattice pattern of the type very fashionable in the 16th and early 17th centuries. |
| Gallery label | VELVET
Turkish; 16th -17th century.
Floral pattern in gold and silver on a background of silk pile.(Used until 10/1997) |
| Object history | This textile was sold to the Museum in 1897 by the Istanbul art-dealing firm Isaac & Moses, as part of a larger consignment of "27 examples of old Broussa, Rhodian and Venetian velvets, all of the class greatly in demand in the Circulation Division" (V&A Archives). |
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| Summary | If several lengths of this silk were sewn side-by-side it would create an ogival lattice pattern of the type very fashionable in the 16th and early 17th centuries. |
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| Accession number | 800&A-1897 |
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| Record created | December 9, 2003 |
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