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43 Items in this Learning Collection
Chasuble (Front)

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Silk Damask Fragment

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Silk Damask

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Fragment—Rectangular piece—'Chinoiserie'

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'Chinoiserie' panel - Four figures and two birds.

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Hamadan Carpet

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Brocatelle

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Troy Legend

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Embroidery

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Embroidered Panel

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Velvet Chausable with embroidered panel of St. Paul

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Tendedero
A color print of white sheets on a clothes line.
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Picchvai
Painting on cloth in an array of colors that depicts a religious scene. There are assorted animals such as monkeys and cows with red hand prints on them. <br />There is a river at the fore of the painting with flowers and lily pads in it. The painting has a colorful floral border.
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Brocatelle

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Double Cloth

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Damask

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Tapestry

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Damask

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Velvet

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Embroidery

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Needlework

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Untitled

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Cisele Velvet

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Charles V and his Brother Ferdinand I
Two male figures wearing voluminous patterned garmets and flat brimmed hats face one another, surrounded by an ornamental, classically inspired frame. Larson 2/7/18<br /> &nbsp;
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Brocatelle

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Tapestry;Border Fragment (Central cartouche depicting 'Atlanta and the Caledonia

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Altar frontal

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Troy Legend

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Cut Velvet Hanging

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Throne mat

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Throne mat

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Bizarre Silk, Brocaded

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One of Three Silk Fragments

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Brocaded silk liturgical textiles

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Brocaded silk liturgical textiles

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Brocaded Silk
Bizarre pattern, rich gold-colored satin ground with damask-type foliate self-pattern. Brocaded pattern repeated twice per width; consitsts of narrow unfurled scroll of silver metallic thread, capped by silver feathery leaf. Stylized tendrils of silver and flowers entwine abouto scroll-like forms; flowers of pink and blue silk thread and leaves and stems are of green silk thread. Between scroll-like pattern are larger-scale conrucopia or trumpet-like forms out of wich sprout bell-shaped flowers; predominant thread is silver, with use of pink, blue and green silk threads. Complete repeat is 23", of to units of 11 1/2" each.
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Brocaded Silk

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Brocaded Silk

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The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington

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Painted Taffeta

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Two Angels with Chalice and Cross

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Silk fragment showing figures in an architectural setting

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Panel of Bizarre Silk
This brilliant coral-colored silk features an elaborate brocaded pattern consisting of exuberant sprays of flowers in yellow, blue, white, and gold thread joined to bunches of fruit and other ornament woven with silver thread. The ground is enlivened by a damask pattern of more schematic vegetal and geometric ornament that echoes these dominant motifs.
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Copyright
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Damask

Accession Number
1972/2.268

Title
Damask

Artist(s)
Italian

Object Creation Date
1600-1625

Medium & Support
blue and ivory silk, satin damask weave, and floral design

Dimensions
25 ¾ in x 10 in (65.41 cm x 25.4 cm);15 ⅜ in x 20 ½ in (39.05 cm x 52.07 cm)

Credit Line
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection

Primary Object Classification
Textile

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
modern and contemporary art
textiles

2 Related Resources
Early Modern European Objects
(Part of 2 Learning Collections)
Silk
(Part of: Exchange and Influence on Global Trade Routes)

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