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Piece of brocade
Italian or Spanish
Medium/Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
Height x width: 23.5 x 28 cm (9 1/4 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number97.488
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRed satin white stripes separated by narrower stripes of white and blue. Worn so as to show in places the yellow threads that run through the piece; on the wide red stripes is a scrolling design of yellow, on the narrower ones are butterflies and bars with leaves twining around them, also of yellow.
ProvenanceAcquired by the donor by exchange with the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, N.Y.,From the Collection bought by them of Salvadore & Son of Florence, Italy, in 1897.