Textile
Cooper Hewitt

Textile

17th century

Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: complementary weft patterning with brocade
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

a) Two broad vertical strips, one gray and one red, each with an all-over pattern of small gold palmettes. The two areas are separated by a narrow orange stripe with a floral serpentine brocaded in polychrome silks and metal thread.

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