Cover
1530-1570 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Purple silk pile-on-pile velvet cover, with gold thread and gold loops, lined in yellow linen. Curving stems form large pointed oval compartments containing plant forms. Purple silk and gold fringe at both ends. Velvet selvedge shows a band of pink warps, a band of alternating green, yellow, green, yellow warps, green warps, then a band of pink warps.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Velvet, silk, linen, gold thread, gold fringe |
| Brief description | velvet cloth-of-gold, Italy or Spain, 1530-70; fringed ends |
| Physical description | Purple silk pile-on-pile velvet cover, with gold thread and gold loops, lined in yellow linen. Curving stems form large pointed oval compartments containing plant forms. Purple silk and gold fringe at both ends. Velvet selvedge shows a band of pink warps, a band of alternating green, yellow, green, yellow warps, green warps, then a band of pink warps. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.375-1976 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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