Four-color Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes
1450–1500
Overall: 211.5 x 40 cm (83 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.); Mounted: 222.3 x 49.5 x 7.6 cm (87 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 3 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.67
This polychrome velvet displays the heraldic design of the Medici family of Florence, where it was probably made. The device of crimson balls on a yellow ground appears in the centers of the colorful rosettes. Gilt-metal thread forms the heraldic ground in more lavish examples...
Artifact
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123447
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citation
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en
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wikidata
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import
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accession
1943.67
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Terms
Culture
Italy, Florence, 15th century
Technique
silk, velvet: cut pile and voided
Genre
Velvet
Department
Textiles
Relations
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