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Fragment of shaped silk velvet with silver threads. Crimson cut velvet with silver brocaded birds in a network of undulating stems. Assembly of six fragments. Italy, circa 1430 Height : 70 cm - Width : 33 cm Framed (wear and minor accidents) Provenance : - Former Lucien Bouix collection (Senlis sale, December 5, 1993, no. 12). - Former Guy Pedersen collection, Paris. This piece belongs to a small group of velvets with a similar design. A similar fragment is preserved in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum (inv. 15.125.5) and another, but embroidered with gold thread, in those of the Musée de Cluny (inv. Cl.21857). Book consulted: S. Desrosiers, Soieries et autres textiles de l'Antiquité au XVIème siècle, musée national du Moyen Age, Paris, 2004, cat.229, p.399 et 400.

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Fragment of shaped silk velvet with silver threads. Crimson cut velvet with silver brocaded birds in a network of undulating stems. Assembly of six fragments. Italy, circa 1430 Height : 70 cm - Width : 33 cm Framed (wear and minor accidents) Provenance : - Former Lucien Bouix collection (Senlis sale, December 5, 1993, no. 12). - Former Guy Pedersen collection, Paris. This piece belongs to a small group of velvets with a similar design. A similar fragment is preserved in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum (inv. 15.125.5) and another, but embroidered with gold thread, in those of the Musée de Cluny (inv. Cl.21857). Book consulted: S. Desrosiers, Soieries et autres textiles de l'Antiquité au XVIème siècle, musée national du Moyen Age, Paris, 2004, cat.229, p.399 et 400.

Estimate 400 - 600 EUR

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