The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Fragment of a Band
1300s–1400s
Overall: 47.8 x 8.3 cm (18 13/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1918.921
Location: Not on view
Description
The Cleveland Museum of Art has a number of band fragments that may have been created in a workshop in Cologne, Germany, on the Rhine River. They may have been produced in series and could be adapted for various contexts. Such bands are found, for example, in very similar form on the nearby chasuble, or sleeveless outer vestment. The inscriptions Jesus and Mary on the bands also point to such a use.- (Bacri Frères, Paris).
- Jaques, Renate. Deutsche textilkunst in ihrer entwicklung bis zur gegenwart. Berlin: Rembrandt-verlag, 1942. p. 174-6; pl. 113-116"Gothic Art 1360-1440." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 7 (1963): 174-215. p. 209. no. 55Sporbeck, Gudrun. "Liturgical vestments adorned with Cologne bands over the centuries." In Iconography of Liturgical Textiles in the Middle Ages. Eds. Evelin Wetter, Michael Bangert, Abegg-Stiftung, Michael Bangert, and Abegg-Stiftung. Riggisberger Berichte, 18. Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2010. p. 183-194
- Liturgical Textiles from Late Medieval Germany. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 11, 2023-August 4, 2024).Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).
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