Sujet
Textile with Flora, c. 1500s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Textile with Flora, c. 1500s. This luxurious furnishing fabric might have been a wall covering or part of a long robe. The pattern of floral bouquets framed by curved leaves was popular in Italy, Spain, and Turkey during the 16th century. Darkened by oxidation, the fine silver weft, or horizontal, threads would have once shone brightly and glittered in the flickering candlelight that illuminated rooms before electricity. The preserved selvage edges reveal the width of the original loom; the edge?s colour and style may even indicate the quality of the silk thread and the identity of the guild that wove it.
Date
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Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G10_040
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
110,8Mo (11,5Mo) / 43,1cm x 64,4cm / 5087 x 7611 (300dpi)