Prestige Panel
This unusually small prestige panel is remarkable for the exquisite refinement achieved by its embroiderer. She employed multiple techniques that play with the effect of light on the textile’s surface. The cut-pile, velvet-like texture absorbs light, while the stem-stitch cabling reflects it, resulting in two different tones of red. Light is further manipulated through the triangular cutouts along the inner border. The exact function of this elaborate textile is undocumented. Its diminutive scale suggests that it served as a demonstration of its author’s prodigious skill.
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