Fragments

Unknown14th century

Patterned with bands depicting an eagle and broken branch, a swimming swan, sun and foliage, and cascading leaves.

Details

Title: Fragments
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 14th century
Type: Fragments
Rights: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan
Medium: Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: 2/1 twill patterned with plain weave
Provenance: ex-collection: Francisco Miquel y Badía
Dimensions: Warp x Weft (a): 42.8 x 23 cm (16 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)Warp x Weft (b): 29 x 19.5 cm (11 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Bibliography: Fischbach, Friedrich. Die Wichtigsten Webe-Ornamente Bis Zum 19. Jahrhundert. Wiesbaden, 1901. Figure 12.Hewitt, Eleanor Garnier. No. 280 in her notebook of the Morgan Collection: "13th or 14th century, Sicilian."Lessing, Julius. Die Gewebe-Sammlung Des K. Kunstgewerbemuseums, Berlin. Berlin, 1900. Tafel 108-A.

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