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Property of a Private European Collection AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SILK VELVET, VOIDED, PILE ON PILE, BROCADED AND BOUCLÉ COMPOSITE PANEL, POSSIBLY FLORENCE,MID-16TH CENTURY composite panel, comprised of four joined panel widths, and four smaller panel width fragments joined across the top, mounted within a box frame Box frame: 106cm high, 244cm wide, 3cm deep; Textile panel approximately RELATED LITERATUREGiuseppe Cantelli, Il Museo Stibbert a Firenze, II Vols, Milan, 1974, Vol. I., cat.2046, p.174 & Vol. II, fig.355.Peggy Stoltz Gilfoy, Fabrics in Celebration from the Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1983, no.96, ill.Rosalia Bonito Fanelli, Il Museo del Tessuto a Prato: la donazione Bertini, Florence, 1975, cat.7., p.64.Monique King and Donald King European Textiles in the Keir Collection 400 BC to 1800 AD, London, 1990, Chp. 5, Medieval and Renaissance Embroidery, 900 - 1550, pp.88-111, No.72-74, pp.108-111.Christa Charlotte Mayer, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969, pl. 147. Lisa Monnas, Renaissance Velvets, London, 2012, pp.120-121, Nr.35.Lisa Monnas, Princes and Painters: Silk fabrics in Italian and Northern Paintings 1330-1550, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008.Roberta Orsi Landini, Velvets in the Collection of the Costume Gallery in Florence, Abegg-Stiftung and Mauro Pagliai, Florence, 2017.J. M. Rogers (translated and edited), Hülye Tezcan and Selma Delibas, The Topkapi Saray Museum: Costumes, Embroideries and other Textiles, London, 1986, p.153, pl. no.31 (and detail).Alice Zrebiec, Textiles in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (Winter, 1995-96), p.45. Please note: Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. To view Shipping Calculator, please click hereCondition ReportOverall in good condition, and of a rich and striking deep red in hue.The brocade in silver and gilt, despite some losses, still sparkles in the light at different angles. The voided velvet techniques adds to the overall subtleness of the design, and is in good condition. There are some area that are a little worn, to the pile and the metal thread brocade, visible for example to areas on the joins. Some minor distress to be expected on a panel of this age and materials used. Very evocative panel, with examples of all the techniques associated with the highest quality silk velvets. Professionally mounted in glazed frame. Box frame: 106cm high, 244cm wide, 3cm deep;Not glazed. Panels across the back holding all in place. With small metal hooks in the corner for hanging. Four panels joined vertically. From left to right, each panel has smaller section joined at the top. The join between top sections and larger lower sections, is not exactly the same, and is not entirely straight.From left to right of whole panel:-Section 1 = 56cm. Wide, lower larger section approx between 73.8 and 74cm high, (slightly curved (concave) line on upper join), top smaller section approx. 14.6cm highSection 2 = 57cm. Wide, lower larger section approx. 74cm high, top smaller section approx. 14.3cm highSection 3 = 57cm. Wide, lower larger section approx. 74.6cm high (slightly curved (convex) line on upper join), top smaller section approx. 13.8cmSection 4 = 56cm. Wide, lower larger section approx between 72.5cm and 73cm (slightly sloping line on upper join), top smaller section approx. 15cm The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The