Fragment

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Fragment of cut and uncut blue-green velvet in an open lattice pattern with rosettes on a yellow ground.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
16th–17th century
Credit Line
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
Medium
Medium: silk, metallic thread (?) Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a woven foundation
Type
woven textiles
Fragment
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