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Piece of brocade

Probably Italian
16th(?)–17th century

Medium/Technique Brocade
Dimensions Height x width: 36 x 18 cm (14 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number93.628
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionThe ground is of coeded violet silk covered with undulating lines of the same color. On this are woven with yellow silk sparsely wound with silver gilt, rows of conventional flowers in profile. Much worn and pieced. ...