Renaissance Silk Velvet Document Panel antique_fringe The very finest quality piping

The very finest quality piping cord Hand made from Silver metallic threads Of good weight and wide width

Beautiful baby blue and very pale ice blue

Appliqued onto later antique linen

with a central Female figure playing a musical instrument amongst fruiting and blossoming trees

Opus Anglicanum

Renaissance Silk Velvet Document Panel antique_fringe The very finest quality pipingRenaissance Velvet Magenta Silk Velvet Fragment Most likely Venice An interesting panel. The silk velvet is from the last quarter of the 16th century Circa 1580 The Renaissance Ferronnerie gothic design couched metallic embroidery (silver gilt metal thread which are wrapped around silk) was added later sometime in the mid 17th century . Sections of the narrow scrolling design restored in the 18th century together with the addition of hand spun indigo