Early Antique Mariano Fortuny Printed Panel 17th century embroidered slips with very high metallic content

with very high metallic content which is the colour and consistency of real Silver

occasionally  small fragments are discovered

Camera makes it look flat which it isn't

Finished along top edge with hand made metallic lace braid

Early Antique Mariano Fortuny Printed Panel 17th century embroidered slips with very high metallic contentExquisite antique panel Printed in Mariano Fortuny Venice Studio circa 1920 skillful organic printing on a silvery grey ground with subtle undertones of green. Gold metallic pigment overlay When running hands over the fabric the various pigments , printing and painting processes can be felt beneath your fingers. Unlike modern examples which are mostly flat and one dimensional Unique and hand finished, like all early examples has beautiful striation