Piece
Unknown Artist
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.
Credit: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1955
1715-20
Silk and metal thread
175.3 x 100.3cm
55.217.56
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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