16th Century-Italian or Spanish Velevet The red and gold combination was favored in textiles during this period. Also, so was the design of the pomegranate. This piece retains typically European technical features: the two heights of silk pile and metal brocading in two textures, flat and looped—features that are not found in Turkish velvets. Found in the Textiles-Velvets Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mabelle Tana Lawn from the Liberty Art Fabrics collection. Mabelle is a design taking a fresh look at beautiful Indian chintz designs of the and centuries. It was created by Liberty’s in-house studio specially for the Classic Tana range in