applique fragments

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

on mount board: mss details in Italian, read as [Esemplare di recame a riposto notevole per la grandiositi del divegne, e l'as 'monia dei colou'. Seconda meta del 1500.]

Probable translation: Specimen of placed embroidery [applique] notable for grandeur [?] and as 'evidence of colour'. Second half of 1500s.

• Date range: late 16th Century
• Date: 1579
• Collection: International Textile Collection
• Physical Identifier: ITC 2011.220