Panel

Italy, probably Florence

Date

1575/1600

Medium

Silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip facing wefts and supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet

Dimensions

61.8 × 47.3 cm (24 3/8 × 18 5/8 in.); Repeat: 5.9 × 5.7 cm (2 3/8 × 2 1/4 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment