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Length of velvet

about 1900
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk, voided velvet, cut pile (velvet) on a twill-weave ground with silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions204 x 66.8 cm (80 5/16 x 26 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Bain Hoyt—Charles Bain Hoyt Collection
Accession number50.1514
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBequest of Charles Bain Hoyt, 1950
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
Altar frontal
1800–50
Altar frontal
second quarter of 19th century
Panel for carpet
second half of 19th century
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
Chair panel
first quarter 18th century
Textile fragment
18th or early 19th century