Four-color Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes
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Four-color Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes

TitleFour-color Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes
Date1450–1500 15th century
Mediumsilk, velvet: cut pile and voided
ClassificationVelvet
OriginItaly, Florence Italy
Holding institutionThe Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit lineFour-color Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes, 1450–1500. Italy, Florence. Silk, velvet: cut pile and voided; overall: 211.5 x 40 cm (83 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.); mounted: 222.3 x 49.5 x 7.6 cm (87 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1943.67
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“Four-color Velvet with Medici Armorial in Rosettes” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated 1450–1500. It is executed in silk, velvet: cut pile and voided and classified as velvet. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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