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Textile Fragment with the Annunciation

1370–1400

Italy

Medium
Silk with gold thread; lampas weave
Measurements
Overall: 23.2 x 47.6 cm (9 1/8 x 18 3/4 in.); Mounted: 28.6 x 53.3 cm (11 1/4 x 21 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1931.61
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Location
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Description

The motif shown here depicts the Virgin Mary and the angel Gabriel in a repeating sequence. Both figures kneel above a bed of flowers while a dove representing the Holy Ghost hovers above. The ground of this luxury silk, woven with highlights of gold thread, is now a faded blue. Its original purpose is not clear, but it may have originally been part of an altar frontal or possibly an ecclesiastical cope, or cape.
A horizontally long silk and gold thread textile fragment features three repeating scenes of the Annunciation against a muted teal background. In each scene, a winged angel with a halo kneels on our left, holding a floral staff toward the Virgin Mary on our right. Both figures have light skin tones. Above them, a bird flies downward. Stylized foliage and large birds separate the scenes, while frayed edges cut off the pattern.

Textile Fragment with the Annunciation

1370–1400

Italy

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