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Brocade
Spanish (Arabic)
14th–15th century
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
11 x 28 cm (4 5/16 x 11 in.); Legacy dimension: 0.28 0.11
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number26.796
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDesign of interlacing yellow bands outlined with pinkish red silk. Geometric designs in the intervening spaces woven with pinkish red, light and dark blue, white, and yellow silk. Narrow border design, evidently cut from same piece is sewed on one end. Worn.
ProvenanceProbably acquired in Spain by Adolfo Loewi, Venice; 1926, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $90. (Accession Date: December 2, 1926)