Furnishing Fabric
1450-75 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This fragment of velvet is of exceptional quality, with a deep pile of crimson silk and closely set brocading wefts of metal thread. It was acquired by the museum as Turkish, 17th or 18th century, but is now believed to have been woven in Italy under strong Turkish influence.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | silk velvet brocaded with metal thread |
| Brief description | woven silk velvet, red and gold, Italian, 1450-75 |
| Physical description | panel of red and gold velvet |
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| Credit line | Given by Dudley B Myers |
| Summary | This fragment of velvet is of exceptional quality, with a deep pile of crimson silk and closely set brocading wefts of metal thread. It was acquired by the museum as Turkish, 17th or 18th century, but is now believed to have been woven in Italy under strong Turkish influence. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1028-1900 |
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| Record created | July 26, 2007 |
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