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Textile
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Heavy symmetrical leafy ogee-type grid framing blossoms in 6-lobed medallions in white on a yellow background. The medallion in the center of the fabric holds a phoenix rising from a pyre bearing a scroll "NORS VIVE" in mirror imaged letters. Pattern embellished with red, green, and blue details in uncut pile loops. The white was cut-pile velvet, now mostly worn off; the yellow 1/2 twill.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTextile. ca. 1500. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. CC0.
