Length of velvet
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Silk, metal thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 147 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (374.7 × 59.1 cm)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Rogers Fund, 1912
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Flora Both · 99%
The catalog lists Flowers as the subject, and the textile visibly features repeated stylized floral and foliate motifs.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 99%
The surface is organized by a continuous repeating pattern of large central floral motifs, smaller side blossoms, and scrolling foliage.
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Symmetrical Visual · 97%
The major floral units and surrounding ornament are arranged around a strong vertical axis with pronounced bilateral symmetry.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
The narrow panel is densely filled with elaborate floral, foliate, and scroll-like ornament, leaving relatively little undecorated ground.
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Arabesque/Scroll Visual · 92%
Curving vegetal scrolls form enclosing frameworks and connecting elements around the repeated floral compositions.
Time Periods
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15th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to the late 15th century, specifically 1485–1499.
Materials
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Metal Metadata · 99%
Metal thread is explicitly recorded in the cataloged medium; pale gold-toned threadwork is also visible across the red ground.
Textiles
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Textile Arts Metadata · 98%
The catalog classifies the object as a length of velvet within textiles—velvets.
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Use of Fabric Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as silk, and the image clearly shows a long, flexible textile panel.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Length of velvet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.