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Silk and Gold Textile

1360–1400

Italy, last third of the 14th century

Medium
lampas weave, silk and gold thread
Measurements
Overall: 26.7 x 33.2 cm (10 1/2 x 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.1078
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Lucca, Venice, Florence, Bologna, and Genoa are known to have been the principal silk weaving cities in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. It is not possible, however, to distinguish which silks were woven in each city. Silks like these were sold to royalty, nobility, and churches throughout Europe by Italian merchants in Bruges, Antwerp, Paris, London, and Avignon.
A horizontally oriented tan silk and gold textile fragment features three distinct bands. In the wide central register, large green winged creatures with fanned plumage face stylized green trees, as small brown animals leap between them. Narrower top and bottom borders feature running brown animals caught within scrolling green vine patterns. Frayed edges frame the delicate weave, which shows muted colors and signs of age.

Silk and Gold Textile

1360–1400

Italy, last third of the 14th century

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