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Textile Fragment1430-1450

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Horizontal textile fragment of crimson cut velvet with voided pattern revealing a metallic bronze-gold ground, featuring large interlocking ogival forms with scrolling tendrils and central fleur-de-lis motifs
Title
Textile Fragment
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1430-1450
Medium
Silk cut and voided velvet with metallic-thread discontinuous supplementary-weft patterning (brocade) with silk and metallic-thread passementerie
Dimensions
17 1/2 × 22 in. (44.45 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund
Accession Number
M.55.12.77
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.
  • Velvets East and West: From the 14th to the 20th Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966.

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