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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Fragment of a Band (2 of 2)

late 1000s

Italy, Sicily, end of 11th century

tablet weave; silk and gold metal thread
Overall: 21.5 x 3.8 cm (8 7/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1940.492.b
Location: Not on view
  • Martin Nagy, Rebecca. Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. pp. 52-54
    Spies, Nancy. Ecclesiastical Pomp & Aristocratic Circumstance: A Thousand Years of Brocaded Tabletwoven Bands. Jarrettsville, Md: Arelate Studio, 2000. pp. 277-78
    Pritchard, Frances. Crafting Textiles: Tablet Weaving, Sprang, Lace and Other Techniques from the Bronze Age to the Early 17th Century. 2021. p. 1-69
  • Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 22-March 17, 1985).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of a Band (2 of 2)|url=false|author=|year=late 1000s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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