Fragment of Velvet

Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment of Velvet

Probably Florence, Italy

Date
1401–50
Medium
Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet
Culture
Italy
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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Object type
AAT300014063

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