Velvet with Pomegranate Design

1440-1460 (Renaissance)

51 cm 120.5 cm

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Silk velvets were prized luxury fabrics in the Renaissance. Garments made from them were worn by the wealthy not only in Venice—as seen in the Abduction of Helen series— but throughout Europe. Venice and turkey were among the most important sources for these fabrics and influ...

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Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York; given to the Walters Art Museum, 1981.
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