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Brocade (fragment)
Italian (Lucca)
late 14th century
Object Place: Venice?, Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk; brocade
Dimensions
18 x 45 cm (7 1/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
1931 Purchase Fund
Accession Number35.74
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: faded bluish grey warp twill, (alternate warps paired) tied by greyish blue weft. Design: symmetrical trees to which pairs of animals are chained; cartouches with simulated Arabic letters, and pairs of birds, woven with tarnished gold weft (gilded skin wound on line), tied with a fine neutral silk weft. Worn.
ProvenanceStädtisches Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf. By 1934, Dr. H. Burg, Haarlem, the Netherlands; 1935, sold by Dr. H. Burg to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 7, 1935)