Caption

Fabric fragment, silk, 17th century, Europe. Rep weave with weft changed in zones creating lighter wide transverse stripes; weft changed from two-colored red–cream to single-colored red. Preserved selvedge; edge width with selvedge: 0.5 cm. Height 50 cm, width 18 cm., A large rectangular piece of woven fabric in shades of deep magenta and pink laid flat against a black background, showing subtle vertical variations in hue across its surface; the fabric has slightly frayed edges on the left and right sides and a small irregular tear or pull near the top right edge, with a narrow light-colored woven border along the bottom edge; the texture of the weave is visible, and there are a few faint darker smudges or marks on the fabric.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_100

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.5Mb (3.7Mb) / 20.0in x 8.1in / 6000 x 2420 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fabric fragment silk 17th century Europe Rep weave weft changed zones creating lighter wide transverse stripes two-colored red–cream single-colored red Preserved selvedge edge width selvedge 0.5 cm Height 50 cm width 18 cm large rectangular piece woven fabric shades deep magenta pink laid flat black background showing subtle vertical variations hue across surface fabric slightly frayed edges left right sides small irregular tear pull near top right edge narrow light-colored woven border bottom edge texture weave visible faint darker smudges marks fabric.