1701 / 1725, Venice

1701 / 1725, Venice

Identifier
58.142.3
Transfer of custody
Victoria and Albert Museum
Acquisition
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Friedman, 1958
Collection
Material
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
172.10000610351562 cm (height)
103.5 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Panels such as this—with its extraordinary patterns in long repeats—were called "bizarre" by the Danish scholar Slomann, who believed they were made in India. Most scholars consider them an exotic phase in the history of European silk weaving.