Modern Velvet: A Sense of Luxury in the Age of Industry

Panel

Mathevon et Bouvard · 1860/80

Silk and cotton, satin weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

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Kyoto (Furnishing Fabric)

Hans Krondahl · 1965

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed

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Utrecht Velvet

William Morris · Design c. 1871

Cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; stamped

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Panel

Mathevon et Bouvard · 1860/80

Silk, satin weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

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Panel

Maria Monaci Gallenga · 1920/30

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; stenciled

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Fragment

Josef Hoffmann · 1895/1915

Cotton and wool, plain weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet

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Panel

Mathevon et Bouvard · 1860/80

Silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

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Panel

Mathevon et Bouvard · 1860/80

Silk and cotton, satin weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

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Sample (Upholstery Fabric)

Dorothy Liebes · 1948

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming uncut voided velvet

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Panel

Mathevon et Bouvard · 1860/80

Silk and cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut pile-on-pile voided velvet; band of partially uncut pile

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Conquistador (Furnishing Fabric)

Larsen Design Studio · 1966

Cotton, plain weave; supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; resist-dyed (batik); printed selvedge

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Panel

Arthur Silver · 1896

Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut velvet; block printed

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Panel

Mathevon et Bouvard · 1860/80

Silk, satin weave with multi-color supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

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Panel

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo · 1906/49 (based on 15th–century Venetian design)

Silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; printed

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Florence

John Henry Dearle · Design c. 1890, made 1890–1917

Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid 'velvet'; block printed

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Rambouillet (Furnishing Fabric)

Osborne & Little (Firm) · 1990

Cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

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Panel

Eileen Hunter · 1933/39

Cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; screen printed

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Portière

George Washington Maher · 1901

Cotton and silk, plain weave with pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with silk and cotton, satin damask weave; linen and gilt-strip-wrapped linen satin weave; cotton and silk plain weaves; embroidered with silk, cotton, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen threads

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Fragment

Gertrude Rapp · 1838/1855

Silk, satin weave with supplementary patterning warps and pile warps forming cut voided velvet

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Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Luigi Bevilacqua · 1875/1925

Silk, cotton and gilt strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet

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Kyoto Evergreen (Furnishing Fabric)

Maya Romanoff · 1989

Rayon, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; tie-dyed

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Panel from a Lady's Evening Tunic

Maria Monaci Gallenga · c. 1920

Silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; screen printed

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Panel

Hubert von Herkomer · 1890 (produced 1890/94)

Silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet

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Panel (from a Dress)

Charles Frederick Worth · 1875/1925

Silk, satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet

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Spice Garden (Furnishing Fabric)

June Groff · 1981

Cotton, plain weave; supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; printed

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Panel (Hanging)

Rahul Jain · 2007

Silk, satin weave with two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut velvet

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Upholstery Fabric for the Fisher Theater

Mrs. Howard C. Blake · c. 1928

Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed

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Panel

Guido Cadorin · c. 1935

Cotton, silk and silvered-metal strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and pile warps forming cut voided velvet

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