Fragment

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Fragment

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1575–1625

Medium

Silk and gilt-metal strips, plain weave with supplementary facing wefts and supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

Dimensions

17.4 × 10.3 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through the Antiquarian Society

Reference Number

1895.818

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