Lisa Monnas Books
Merchants, Princes And Painters: Silk Fabrics In Italian And Northern Paintings, 1300-1550
Who Wore Silk? The Price Of Silk Fabrics, Artists' Clothing And Studio Props -- Painters And The Design Of Woven Silks -- Cloth Of Gold In Fourteenth-century Sienese And Florentine Paintings -- Pai...
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Renaissance velvets
By Lisa Monnas
Silk velvet was first woven in Europe during the second half of the 13th century, but it reached its peak of perfection during the 15th and 16th centuries--the Renaissance. The V & A holds one of t...
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