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Brocade
Italian (Lucca)
14th century
Object Place: Lucca, Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk compound weave (lampas) with linen threads wrapped in gilt animal membrane
Dimensions
7 x 42 cm (2 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number48.378
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionIncomplete row with lion head (?), bird, bird, lion, joined by undulating stem with plants and flowers. Off-white motifs (worn gilded skin wound on linen) on green background.
ProvenanceBy 1937, Giorgio Sangiorgi (b. 1886 - d. 1965), Rome [see note 1]; 1946, sold by Sangiorgi to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; 1948, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $230. (Accession Date: May 13, 1948)
NOTES:
[1] Sangiorgi lent a piece of the same brocade to the exhibition "L'antico tessuto d'arte italiano" (Rome, 1937-1938), cat. no. 23.
NOTES:
[1] Sangiorgi lent a piece of the same brocade to the exhibition "L'antico tessuto d'arte italiano" (Rome, 1937-1938), cat. no. 23.