Velvet fragment

Datebefore 1927

MediumVelvet

DimensionsOverall: 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm) Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation from the Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection

Object numberS2024.5.31

Not on view

DescriptionReproduction 17th century fabric with green raised velvet and mustard-colored background. Silk and metal weave with cut and uncut pile.

Collections

European Art

Additional Details

Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection, #31

Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"

Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "31. VELVET (Silk and metal weave with cut / and uncut pile). / Modern copy of an early seventeenth century fabric."

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