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Piece of brocade
Italian
16th–17th century
Medium/Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
Height x width: 26 x 23 cm (10 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number93.808
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThe ground is of corded red silk and the design of interlocking leaves forming an ogival framework, an enclosing conventional, symmetrical branches flowers is woven with yellow silk and narrow strips of metal. The flowers are detailed with red blocks.