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The Art Institute of Chicago
Fragment of Velvet
Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 twill weave with weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts; supplementary warps forming pile-on-pile cut velvet with supplementary brocading wefts forming weft loops in areas with voided velvetItaly/Mid-15th-early 16th century
Description
Fragment of Velvet is an internationally celebrated Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 twill weave with weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts; supplementary warps forming pile-on-pile cut velvet with supplementary brocading wefts forming weft loops in areas with voided velvet created by Italy (Mid-15th-early 16th century). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Provenance
Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given through the Antiquarian Society to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1895.
Dimensions
24.5 × 24.1 cm (9 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Movement / Period
Accession No
1995
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Italy
Renaissance • Italy • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery