Fragment
Unknown Maker
Gold-colored silk ground with extra weft of flat silver strips. Symmetrical design of swinging acanthus branches enclosing palmettes which are brocaded in silver thread. White silk extra weft appears in acanthus foliage areas.
Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
16th century
Medium: silk, silver foil, silk core wrapped with silver foil Technique: compound twill, supplementary weft
1896-1-118
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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