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Textile Lengthcirca 1500-1525

Not on view
Vertical textile panel with cut velvet pile in deep crimson and burgundy on an ivory ground, featuring an allover interlacing pattern of S-shaped bands enclosing pomegranate and palmette motifs, with cream fringe at top and bottom
Title
Textile Length
Place Made
Italy, Genoa
Date Made
circa 1500-1525
Medium
Silk cut and metallic uncut velvet on silk satin ground with silk- and metallic-thread passementerie and knotted fringe
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Collection
Accession Number
M.45.3.192
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward. Renaissance: Costumes and Textiles 1450-1620. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1979.
  • 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.
  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

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