Five Fragments

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Five Fragments

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1601–1625

Medium

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

Dimensions

a: 101.6 × 57 cm (40 × 22 1/2 in.); b: 99.4 × 57 cm (39 1/8 × 22 1/2 in.); c: 100.3 × 54 cm (39 1/2 × 21 1/4 in.); d: 82 × 53.9 cm (32 1/4 × 21 1/4 in.); e: 18 × 54 cm (7 1/8 × 21 1/4 in.); Repeat: 2.8 × 3.5 cm (1 1/8 × 1 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Martin A. Ryerson

Reference Number

1937.1219a-e

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