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Piece of brocade
Italian
17th century
Medium/Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
Height x width: 29 x 18.5 cm (11 7/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number97.575
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRed satin ground. The design of long leaves arranged to form an ogival framework and enclosing symmetrical conventional bunches of leaves and seed vessels, is woven with white silk and gold thread.
Provenance97.485 - 97.596 were acquired 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