Versailles

c.1830. A grand Italianate cut velvet with a stylised foliage design, this is Watts's best selling fabric. Striae cut silk velvet on textured golden woven silk gifts the bursting flowers an astounding effect. This sumptuous cut velvet shines silver in the light above a bed of rippling gold — it could be straight out of a painting by Bellini. The Perpignon, woven in the same velvet, makes a worthy companion.