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Textile fragment
Spanish or Sicilian
12th century
Object Place: Sicily, Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk samit
Dimensions
8 x 10 cm (3 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number48.379
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThree parallel columns of birds in profile alternating with stylized paired leaves on vertical stem; brown ground with gold patterning
ProvenanceSaid to come from the Cathedral of Palermo [see note 1]. Claudius Côte, Lyon; sold by Côte, through Christoph Bernoulli, Basel, to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; 1948, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $190. (Accession Date: May 13, 1948)
NOTES:
[1] See Adele Coulin Weibel, Two Thousand Years of Textiles (New York, 1952), p. 126, cat. no. 161.
NOTES:
[1] See Adele Coulin Weibel, Two Thousand Years of Textiles (New York, 1952), p. 126, cat. no. 161.