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AN ITALIAN FRAGMENT OF CRIMSON VELVET
16th Century
Worked with cut and uncut pile forming a pattern of scrolling pomegranates, pears and other fruiting branches, some wear
11 in. x 24 in. (29 cm. x 63 cm.);
another joined and shaped panel similar, voided to reveal the self-coloured ground with floral and pomegranate sprays within a lobed lattice
15 in. x 17 in. (40 cm. x 43 cm.) at widest part;
and another (3)
16th Century
Worked with cut and uncut pile forming a pattern of scrolling pomegranates, pears and other fruiting branches, some wear
11 in. x 24 in. (29 cm. x 63 cm.);
another joined and shaped panel similar, voided to reveal the self-coloured ground with floral and pomegranate sprays within a lobed lattice
15 in. x 17 in. (40 cm. x 43 cm.) at widest part;
and another (3)