Velvet fragment

Datebefore 1927

MediumVelvet

DimensionsOverall: 17.8 x 12.7 cm (7 x 5 in.) Frame: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)

Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation

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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