Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1896-1-118
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, silver foil, silk core wrapped with silver foil Technique: compound twill, supplementary weft
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft: 28.3 x 19.6 cm (11 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.)