Fragment
Unknown Maker
Fragment of red cut and uncut velvet on yellow silk ground with extra metallic weft. Two portions of curving large-scale foliage are all that show of the design.
Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
17th century
Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) with supplementary weft
1921-22-11
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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