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Velvet
Italian
late 15th–early 16th century
Medium/Technique
Silk velvet cut and voided with gold-colored wrapped metal thread
Dimensions
238 x 56 cm (93 11/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number99.161
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThe ground is woven with yellow silk and gold thread. The design of large leaf-forms outlined with smaller flower forms filled with a conventional bunch of flowers, connected by long stems, is of yellow silk, gold thread and deep pinkish red velvet. Much worn.