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Textile fragment: grapevines
Italian (Lucca)
14th century
Object Place: Lucca, Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk; lampas
Dimensions
14 x 31.5 cm (5 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.); Legacy dimension: L x W: 31.5 x 14 cm (12 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
1931 Purchase Fund
Accession Number35.83
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: deep cream colored silk (paired warps tied by single weft); Design: ogee formed by conventionalized grape vines, filled with delicate scrolling vines and a pair of squirrels woven with yellow [illegible hand-drawn mark] weft tied by green silk warp.
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)