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Document identity
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98663
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Velvet Fragment
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object
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Source metadata
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98663
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object
title
Velvet Fragment
date
c. 1385–1402
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79485214
genreSpecific
Velvet
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 26.7 x 21 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
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Italy, Milan ?, late 14th-early 15th Century
accession
1918.36
Source extras
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velvet (cut and brocaded); silk and metal
tombstone
Velvet Fragment, c. 1385–1402. Italy, Milan ?, late 14th-early 15th Century. Velvet (cut and brocaded); silk and metal; overall: 26.7 x 21 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1918.36
collection
Textiles
inscriptions
inscription
inscription on scrolls: "a bon droit." [NOTE: "a bon droit" is the French motto of Giangaleazzo Visconti, despot of Milan from 1385 to his death in 1402.]
formerAccessionNumbers
3217.1918
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Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 05:19:32.196000
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98663
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Textiles
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Textiles
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velvet (cut and brocaded); silk and metal
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