The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 16, 2025

Silk Fragments

1350–99

Italy, Lucchese, second half of 14th century

silk and gold thread: lampas weave, brocaded
Overall: 35.7 x 15 cm (14 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.41
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1939
    (H. A. Elsberg [1869–1938], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1939–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Underhill, Gertrude. "Textiles from the H. A. Elsberg Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 26, no. 9. (November 1939): 143–146. Mentioned: p. 145 www.jstor.org
    Wardwell, Anne E. “Flight of the Phoenix: Crosscurrents in Late Thirteenth- to Fourteenth-Century Silk Patterns and Motifs.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 1 (January 1987): 2–35. Reproduced: fig. 29 www.jstor.org
  • The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
  • {{cite web|title=Silk Fragments|url=false|author=|year=1350–99|access-date=16 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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