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Piece of brocade

Probably Italian
Late 16th–17th century

Medium/Technique Brocade (brocatelle)
Dimensions Height x width: 39 x 24.5 cm (15 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number96.621
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionThe ground is of white silk woven with narrow strips of silver. The design of interlocking leaves and crowns, forming an ogival framework and enclosing bunch s of symmetrical conventional flower, is woven with blue, green, yellow, violet, pink, and red silk.