Tools Services Portfolio About Contact

Tools Services Portfolio About Contact

Made with by Lê Trực 0983470827 © 2025 KenAI.vn

Panel of Genoa Velvet | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

Harvard Art Museums
Artworks
Panel of Genoa Velvet

Panel of Genoa Velvet

Textile ArtsItalian17th-18th century

Panel of Genoa Velvet

c. 1700

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Panel (comprised of two panels stitched together) of "Genoa" velvet, or polychromed ciselé cut and uncut velvet, in "point composition" (symmetrical around a central axis) depicting large branching floral and foliate arabesques. Ground weave of cream-coloured satin with silk cut and uncut velvet pile in crimson, green, yellow, cream and peach.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Compound weave

Medium

silk (cut and uncut velvet)

Culture

Italian

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

56.8 x 98.4 cm (22 3/8 x 38 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Related Artworks

Headdress Ornament with Decoration of Two Phoenixes in Flight Amidst Scrolling Clouds

Headdress Ornament with Decoration of Two Phoenixes in Flight Amidst Scrolling Clouds

Unknown Artist, 10th-11th century

Gilt bronze

10th-11th centuryChinese

Woven Shawl Edge with Fringe Border

Woven Shawl Edge with Fringe Border

Cord with Tassels

Cord with Tassels

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Braided and knotted green silk cord with fringed tassels

19th centuryJapanese

Ersari Bag Face

Ersari Bag Face

Wool

Three-Tone Voided Velvet Pillow

Three-Tone Voided Velvet Pillow

Unidentified Artist, 19th-20th century

Voided velvet with metallic yarns and damask

19th-20th centuryEuropean?

'Chogakpoi' with Red Tassels and Two Tie Cords (Decorative fabric in which to wrap a parcel; this type is specifically for a wedding)

'Chogakpoi' with Red Tassels and Two Tie Cords (Decorative fabric in which to wrap a parcel; this type is specifically for a wedding)

Chunghie Lee (also spelled Yi Chŏng-hŭi), ca. 2002 - 2003

Loose woven and tabby weave; blue silk damask, red silk floss tassels.

21st centuryKorean

Cobenzl

Wilhelm Jonasch, 1910-1911

Ink on silk

20th centuryAustrian

Textile

Fiber/filament

Curvo Pattern Upholstery Fabric Sample

Curvo Pattern Upholstery Fabric Sample

Otti Berger, 20th century

Textile fibers

20th centuryCroatian

Textile Fragment

Textile Fragment

Unidentified Artist, c. 1500

Silk lampas

16th-17th centuryHispano-Moorish

Textile Fragment of the Tenmei era with Design of Bamboo and Flowers

Textile Fragment of the Tenmei era with Design of Bamboo and Flowers

Band with Geometric Design

Band with Geometric Design

Unknown Artist, 3rd-6th century

Linen and wool, tapestry woven

3rd-6th centuryByzantine