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Textile
17th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Red ribbed silk ground with a large-scale symmetrical palmette surrounded by four serrated leaves connected by a crown. The pattern is formed by one horizontal rib having an extra white silk weft and the alternating rib having a narrow strip of flat silver.
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Details
- Title: Textile
- Date Created: 17th century
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: plain weave with continuous supplementary weft patterning
- Credit line: Gift of Raimundo de Madrazo
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