Young Curly Blonde Girl Wearing A White Necklace On The Rattan Armchair With A Red Velvet Fabric

The earliest sources of European artistic velvets were Lucca, Genoa, Florence and Venice, which continued to send out rich velvet textures. Somewhat later the art was taken up by Flemish weavers, and in the sixteenth century Bruges attained a reputation for velvets that were not inferior to those of the great Italian cities.
Types
• Crushed: This type of velvet can be produced by pressing the fabric down in different directions. It can also be produced by mechanically twisting the fabric while wet. The result is patterned appearance that is very lustrous.