Art Institute of Chicago

Portion (From Altar Frontal)

Italy

Date

1501-1525

Medium

Silk, plain weave variation with silk supplementary wefts and weft-float faced 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, supplementary facing and supplementary brocading wefts forming weft loops and supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts with extended supplementary patterning weft knotted uncut fringe and over extended ground weft cut fringe

Culture

Italy

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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