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Piece of velvet
15th century
Medium/Technique
Velvet
Dimensions
45 x 58 cm (17 11/16 x 22 13/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .58 x .45
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number07.408
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround, red velvet; designs of leaves with interlacing stems, which enclose oval medallions, woven with gold thread. Oriental work, possibly Italian of the 15th century. Mme. O. Errera. Italian, end of the 15th cent. Catalogue Bonnaffé. Arabic, beginning of the 14th cent. Dupont Auberville, Oriental, 15th cent. Fischbach. Venetian 15th cent. Franchetti Collection at the Bargello.