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Piece of brocade
Italian
Very late 16th–17th century
Medium/Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
Height x width: 7 1/16 x 8 11/16 in. (18 x 22 cm)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number97.546
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPlum-colored satin ground,with a design of rows of branches bearing flowers, or Seed-vessels; the stems and leaves are woven with bright yellow silk,the seed-vessels and flowers, with white, bright blue and pale violet silk. Bees between some of the flowers.