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...
...lab O at the Met in New York! Today I will have a meeting with the
conservator about the canvas of this painting, I had already a closer
look yesterday and yes you can see the pattern !