1715-20
Italy
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumSilk and metal thread
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SizeL. 69 x W. 66 inches (175.3 x 167.6 cm)
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Geography details
Italy -
Country today
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Date1715-20
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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Panels such as this—with its extraordinary patterns in long repeats—were called “bizarre” by the Danish scholar Slomann, who believed they were made in India. Most scholars consider them an exotic phase in the history of European silk weaving.