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Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork Details

Date
1480-1550
Medium
Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary discontinuous facing brocading wefts forming areas of weft loops (known as bouclé) tied by secondary binding warps in weft-float faced 3:1 twill interlacing and supplementary pile warps forming cut, pile on pile, voided velvet
Culture
Spain
Dimensions
843 × 421 px
Public Domain
Yes
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