Silk fabric with pointed oval blossoms between tendrils and animals, Lampas binding - lion's head

Unknown14th century

Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

On the former reddish ground in green, animals are mostly in gold, in offset rows are two different pointed oval blossoms, crowned with a fleur de lys or a cruciform flower. Among them pairs of facing griffons, lions and oxen in vine leaf tendrils.

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Title: Silk fabric with pointed oval blossoms between tendrils and animals, Lampas binding - lion's head
Creator: Unknown
Date: 14th century
Rights: Photo © Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Heidi Blöcher │ Text © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Heidi Blöcher
Provenance: Exchanged 1903 with the Kunstgewerbemuseum Graz (Museum of Applied Arts), Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Place of origin: Italy
ISIL no.: DE-MUS-018417
Type: Fabric
External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kunstgewerbemuseum/home.html
Medium: Silk, gilded or silver-plated membrane

Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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