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Textile fragment
Italian
second half of 14th century
Object Place: Lucca, Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk and gold metallic thread; lampas
Dimensions
Overall: 16.5 × 42.5 cm (6 1/2 × 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number39.540
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of salmon silk self-patterned with vine, brocaded with green and white silk and gold-metallic thread with dragons (wings are inscribed with DRAGO) above rows of trees with small animal and birds under each tree.
Provenance1939, Adolfo Loewi, Venice; sold by Loewi to the MFA for $550. (Accession Date: March 9, 1939)