Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Fragment of dark red cut and uncut velvet in a pattern of scrolling leaves surrounding the coat of arms of the Chigi family.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 17th–18th century
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
- Medium
- Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14.5 × 6.6 cm (5 11/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
- Type
- woven textiles
- Fragment
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