Panel

Italy

Date

16th century

Medium

Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip supplementary facing wefts and with supplementary patterning wefts

Dimensions

115.7 × 47.8 cm (45 1/2 × 18 3/4 in.); Repeat: 22.8 × 8.8 cm (9 × 3 1/2 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Textile Purchase Fund