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Brocade fragment
Italian (Arabic)
14th century
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
21 x 57.5 cm (8 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.); Legacy dimension: .575 x .21
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.717
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionViolet gray satin ground, the design of birds and scrolls with inscriptions, dogs in pointed ovals and flowers, is woven with Cyprian gold (thread wound with gilded gold beater's skin) and light blue and deep pink silk. Very like a piece from a church in the Diocese of Lüttick, Belgium, but with the design reversed. "Italian-Arabic, 14th century."
ProvenanceBy 1916, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)
Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.
Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.