Length of velvet 16th century Spanish or Italian The symmetrical pattern and the framework of pointed oval (or ogee) shapes of this velvet are a departure from the large meandering stems seen in many fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian velvets (see 46.156.120 and the back of cassone 14.39). The composition of this sumptuous "pomegranate" velvet may have been influenced by textiles from the nearby Ottoman empire; it is characteristic of Turkish textiles of the period as well. However, this piece retains typically European technical features: the two heights of silk pile and metal brocading in two textures, flat and loopedfeatures that are not found in Turkish velvets.. Length of velvet. Spanish or Italian. 16th century. Pile on pile cut, voided, and brocaded velvet of silk and gold metallic thread with bouclé details. Textiles-Velvets

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Length of velvet 16th century Spanish or Italian The symmetrical pattern and the framework of pointed oval (or ogee) shapes of this velvet are a departure from the large meandering stems seen in many fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian velvets (see 46.156.120 and the back of cassone 14.39). The composition of this sumptuous "pomegranate" velvet may have been influenced by textiles from the nearby Ottoman empire; it is characteristic of Turkish textiles of the period as well. However, this piece retains typically European technical features: the two heights of silk pile and metal brocading in two textures, flat and loopedfeatures that are not found in Turkish velvets.. Length of velvet. Spanish or Italian. 16th century. Pile on pile cut, voided, and brocaded velvet of silk and gold metallic thread with bouclé details. Textiles-Velvets

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