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Textile fragment
Italian
14th century
Medium/Technique
Silk and gilded membrane-wrapped linen threads; compound weave (lampas)
Dimensions
30 x 31 cm (11 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number31.13
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment (two pieces sewed together). Ground: dark neutral purple 5/1 satin. Design: undulating vines and flying pheasants woven with gold (gilded skin wound on linen) thread, and pink and cream silk, weft, tied by fine pink silk warp. (The pattern weft go from selvedge to selvedge). 3/1 weft-faced twill pattern