The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of November 9, 2025

Fragment of Brocaded Velvet
1500s
Average: 111.5 x 56.5 cm (43 7/8 x 22 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.316
Location: Not on view
- This fragment contains four types of silk velvet (cut, uncut, voided, and brocaded). Some of the brocaded wefts are fabricated of metal thread that is looped as it is woven into the textile. The metal thread itself consists of a narrow strip of gold or silver wound around a silk core like a barber pole.
- (Jose Viñas, #205).
- {{cite web|title=Fragment of Brocaded Velvet|url=false|author=|year=1500s|access-date=09 November 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1954.316