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Textile Fragment16th century

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Triangular textile fragment with frayed edges, woven in golden olive-yellow thread, with raised coiled metallic embroidery forming a diamond motif and diagonal band
Title
Textile Fragment
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
16th century
Medium
Silk twill with silk supplementary-weft patterning bound in twill (lampas) with metal-strip supplementary-weft patterning and metallic-thread supplementary-weft-loop pile (bouclé)
Dimensions
5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (13.34 x 8.57 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Professor Maan Z. Madina
Accession Number
M.2009.78.5.1
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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