Textiles with woven patterns were used as canvas by Spanish, Italian and Portuguese artists in the 16th and 17th centuries. Handwoven reconstructions of these canvases are produced at Lab O.
Discover here which Old Master paintings are on a patterned canvas...
The First Layer of a master painting....
The First Layer: reconstruction of canvas of the master painting 'Saint John in the Wilderness'
research and reconstruction : Lab O
source: Saint John in the Wilderness: Observations on Technique, Style, and Authorship
Frank Zuccari, Zahira Véliz and Inge Fiedler Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies Vol. 31, No. 2, Conservation at the Art Institute of Chicago (2005), pp. 30-45+105-108