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Textile fragment from the Reliquary of St. Librada
Spanish-Arabic
end of the 11th– first half of the12th century
Object Place: Guadalajara, Spain
Medium/Technique
Silk lampas brocaded with metallic thread
Dimensions
Length x width: 36.8 x 44.5 cm (14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number53.118.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSpanish Arabic, 11-12th c, believed to have come from the Church of St. Librada, Almerica, Spain. Fragment with two incomplete large roundels joined by interlace. Interior pattern includes large bird, 4 bands of script, 2 roundels with cats(?). Bird with human face times around roundel. Secondary rosette motif.
ProvenanceSaid to come from the Cathedral of Siguenza, Guadalajara, Spain [see note]. By 1951, Paul O. Berliz (dealer), New York; 1953, sold by Paul Berliz to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1953)
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of the sale, similar textiles were at the Cathedral of Siguenza.
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of the sale, similar textiles were at the Cathedral of Siguenza.