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Fragment of a relic bag
German (probably Mainz)
13th century
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Linen gauze, embroidered with silk
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 18 cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession Number39.543
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceUntil at least 1868, the Church of St. Stephen, Mainz [see note 1]. By 1926, George Saville Seligman, Paris [see note 2]. 1938, Raphael Stora, Paris; 1938, probably sold by Stora to Adolfo Loewi, Venice [see note 3]; 1939, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $1000. (Accession Date: March 9, 1939)
NOTES:
[1] Fr. Bock, "Die Decken und Tücher beim Tragen der heiligen Reliquien," Organ für christliche Kunst 18, no. 19 (October 1, 1868), p. 220. [2] As illustrated in G. Saville Seligman and Talbot Hughes, Domestic Needlework: Its Origins and Customs Throughout the Centuries (London, [1926]), pl. XIc. [3] Stora had one-half interest in the bag, and probably sold it to Loewi in 1938.
NOTES:
[1] Fr. Bock, "Die Decken und Tücher beim Tragen der heiligen Reliquien," Organ für christliche Kunst 18, no. 19 (October 1, 1868), p. 220. [2] As illustrated in G. Saville Seligman and Talbot Hughes, Domestic Needlework: Its Origins and Customs Throughout the Centuries (London, [1926]), pl. XIc. [3] Stora had one-half interest in the bag, and probably sold it to Loewi in 1938.