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CultureTurkish
DateOttoman period (1281-1922)
MediumBrocaded velvet, silk, and silver-gilt thread
DimensionsOverall: 45 1/2 × 106 1/2 inches (115.57 × 270.51 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-81
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DescriptionBrocaded velvet; red silk cut velvet on a satin ground brocaded with silver-gilt thread.Exhibition HistoryThreads of Gold: Brocades and Embroideries for the Church, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, July 2-September 1, 1985, no. 6.
With Adolph Loewi, Venice, Italy, stock no. 6727, by 1932;
Purchased from Loewi by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.
Threads of Gold: Brocades and Embroideries for the Church , exh. cat. (Lawrence, KS: Spencer Museum of Art, 1985), unpaginated.
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