Fragment of Velvet

Artwork Details

Date

Mid-15th-early 16th century

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 twill weave with weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts; supplementary warps forming pile-on-pile cut velvet with supplementary brocading wefts forming weft loops in areas with voided velvet

Culture

Italy

Dimensions

843 × 879 px

Public Domain

Yes

Museum Record

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