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
Dimension
172.1 cm (height)
103.5 cm (width)
Production time
Production place

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.