length of velvet

Turkish
First half of the 16th century

Object Place, Turkey

DIMENSIONS
159.2 x 64 cm (62 11/16 x 25 3/16 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER
97.467

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Cut and voided silk velvet brocaded with gilt-metal wrapped thread

Ground: dark neutral cut silk pile. Design: conventional fruit within a circular and ogival frame, brocaded with gold (gilded silver wound on yellow silk). The ground is detailed with reddish violet satin. Weft: reddish orange cotton.

Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection