Caption

Fabric fragment, fragment of silk fabric chiseled velvet with floral pattern. Construction: basic warp and weft with beige silk thread, plain weave; pile with cherry-red silk weft — looped in the background, pattern raised above, sheared. Pattern repeat 0.7 cm x width 8.5 cm. Design: alternating small sprigs of several types arranged with vine and oak leaves and pomegranates or mushrooms, offset in rows by half the pattern width. Dated 1600–1630 after Markowsky; 1st half of the 17th century, Italy. Materials: silk; dimensions: height 16 cm, width 24 cm., A textured fabric with a raised floral and scroll pattern in deep red against a background of slightly lighter red with visible woven texture, with a few areas showing subtle golden highlights; the raised parts appear velvety while the background looks more coarse, and the overall colors visible are shades of red and touches of gold.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_082

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.2Mb (3.6Mb) / 11.1in x 16.2in / 3328 x 4856 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fabric fragment fragment silk fabric chiseled velvet floral pattern Construction basic warp weft beige silk thread plain weave pile cherry-red silk weft looped background pattern raised sheared Pattern repeat 0.7 cm x width 8.5 cm Design alternating small sprigs several types arranged vine oak leaves pomegranates mushrooms offset rows half pattern width Dated 1600–1630 Markowsky 1st half 17th century Italy Materials silk dimensions height 16 cm width 24 cm textured fabric raised floral scroll pattern deep red slightly lighter red visible woven texture areas showing subtle golden highlights raised parts velvety background looks coarse colors visible shades red touches gold.