Fragment of Velvet

1401–1450

Medium: Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warps in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet
Dimensions: 65.8 × 49.9 cm (27 7/8 × 19 5/8 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Genre: Textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago