Procurators Velvet Stole, c. 1575- 1600. Creator: Unknown
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Procurators Velvet Stole, c. 1575- 1600. Creator: Unknown
Procurators Velvet Stole, c. 1575- 1600. Venetian law obliged senators to wear coloured textiles, in contrast to other male citizens, who wore black. The Procurator, a very high level government official, was required to wear a red stole, a cloth worn over one shoulder. So that it would read the same from front and back, the pattern reverses halfway, done by the weavers assistant on a drawloom. The line down the center is part of the original manufacture, enabling two stoles to be cut apart for use. The survival of an entire, uncut loom width is extremely rare. The velvet has two different heights of cut pile. The longer pile, which appears lighter, forms the pattern
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Late 16th Century Velvet Venice
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