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Silk weaving
Hispano-Moresque
late 14–early 15th century
Medium/Technique
Silk; brocade
Dimensions
Height x width: 41.5 x 25.5 cm (16 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number34.40
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp: green silk forming satin ground, with supplementary red and pink warps which tie in pattern wefts. Weft: which forms design, red, yellow, and white silk. Design: conventionalized symmetrical leaves, and scrolls woven with red outlined with white, and a little yellow outlined with white, and a little yellow outlined with white, and white outlined with red, which form ogival frame work for pairs of affronted rampant lions, woven with yellow and outlined with red. Variations of this design were woven during 15th and 16th centuries. Probably Mude jar, the work of Muhammadan weavers under Christian rule. Selvedge on right with four cords. Worn.