Panel of velvet
Unknown
second half 16th century · Silk and metal thread · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Developed from pomegranate patterns from the previous century, this type of velvet was produced well into the seventeenth century. It was used extensively—but not exclusively—for ecclesiastical hangings and vestments.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- second half 16th century
- Medium
- Silk and metal thread
- Culture
- Italian, probably Florence
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
