Textile
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Long vertical length of red damask has symmetrical broad scrolling bands with acanthus foliage curling about them. Palmette between bands is at top. In center is a single large figure of Pope Gregory the Great (ca. 540–604), wearing the papal tiara, his right hand raised in benediction, and holding a crozier of a double cross in his left hand. A dove, an attribute of Gregory, hovers close to his right ear. The figure of the Pope is brocaded in white silk, and silver and gold metallic threads. Beneath the Pope is a large-scale floral design.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1906-17-3
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: compound satin damask with supplementary weft
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 508 x 80 cm (16 ft. 8 in. x 31 1/2 in.)