1351A.
Piece of Raised Velvet. A part of the same stuff. Italian, 16th century. 9-3/4 inches by 1-3/4 by inches.
1351B.
Piece of Raised Velvet. A part of the same stuff. Italian, 16th century. 12-1/2 inches by 1-3/4 inches.
These three pieces are portions of a material made of excellent rich
silk, and of good tones in colour.
1352.
Piece of Raised Velvet, brocaded in gold; ground, crimson; design, an oval with cusps inside and enclosing a large artichoke, the whole wreathed with a garland, and in gold. Italian, 16th century. 2 feet 3-3/4 inches by 8-1/4 inches.
This magnificent stuff is rendered still more valuable, as a specimen,
from having much of its design of that rare kind of velvet upon velvet,
or one pile put over, in design, another but lower pile. The state-*rooms
of a palace could alone have been hung with such sumptuous
wall-coverings. Perhaps church vestments and hangings about the
altar may have been sometimes made of such a heavy material.
1352A.
Piece of Raised Velvet, brocaded in gold; ground, crimson; design, a cusped oval enclosing a conventional artichoke, and the whole wreathed with a broad garland, all in gold. Italian, 16th century. 18 inches by 7 inches.
This differs both in design and quality from the former, having no
pile upon pile in it.
