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Textile Length

Italy, Genoa, circa 1500-1525
Textiles
Silk cut and metallic uncut velvet on silk satin ground with silk- and metallic-thread passementerie and knotted fringe
Overall with fringe and trim: 46 7/8 × 22 5/8 in. (119.06 × 57.47 cm) Excluding fringe and trim: 40 × 21 1/4 in. (101.6 × 53.98 cm) Mount (Strainer): 47 × 22 3/4 × 3/4 in. (119.38 × 57.79 × 1.91 cm) Mount (Plexi exterior): 47 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (121.29 × 59.69 × 2.86 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Collection (M.45.3.192)
Costume and Textiles
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • 2000 Years of Silk Weaving: an Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts..  New York: E. Weyhe, 1944.
  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • 2000 Years of Silk Weaving: an Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts..  New York: E. Weyhe, 1944.
  • Velvets East and West:  From the 14th to the 20th Century.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966.
  • Maeder, Edward.  Renaissance:  Costumes and Textiles 1450-1620.  Los Angeles, CA:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1979.
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