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Length
Italian (Lucca)
14th century
Medium/Technique
Silk; brocade
Dimensions
14.5 x 17 cm (5 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .17 x .145
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number31.128
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: faded yellowish satin, once pink with marked diagonal. Design: pairs of birds, (only partly seen) in pointed ovals with, ogival frame, and delicate leaves and tendrils, woven with green silk weft, and a little white silk weft. Both the green and white are carried from selvedge to selvedge.
Provenance1931, Adolfo Loewi, Venice; 1931, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $130. (Accession Date: March 5, 1931)