Panel from the Davanzati Palace
c. 1625
Medium
Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 twill weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, supplementary facing wefts forming weft loops in areas and bound by secondary binding warps and with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet
Dimensions
292.4 × 59.9 cm (115 1/8 × 23 1/2 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 165.4 cm (65 1/8 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
102140
About the Artist
Unknown
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