Textile
Cooper Hewitt

Textile

early 16th century

Medium: silk, silver gilt strips on silk thread Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Length of deep red velvet with a symmetrical design of ogees formed by long scalloped leaves emerging from large flower heads, in silver gilt twill. Delicate twining stems, leaves and flowers in red satin weave fill the background.

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