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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
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
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.