1501 / 1525, Italy

1501 / 1525, Italy

Identifier
53.157
Transfer of custody
Victoria and Albert Museum
Acquisition
Rogers Fund, 1953
Collection
Material
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
109.2 cm (height)
65.4 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

This splendid crimson velvet with pink voided areas and others brocaded with silver-wrapped yellow thread reflects the international style common in Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Egypt in the late fifteenth century. Yet, because of the mutual exchange of artistic vocabularies, especially in the production of velvets, there remains the possibility that this textile was actually woven in Venice.