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Fragment
Byzantium
Byzantine
second half of 8th century
Medium/Technique
Silk samite or weft-faced compound twill
Dimensions
Height x width: 20 x 34 cm (7 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
1931 Purchase Fund
Accession Number33.648
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment woven in reddish purple pattern of a gryphon in combat with a leopard framed by roundels on a light neutral colored ground. This fragment is believed to come from the tomb of a daughter of Pepin the Short in the Church of St. Ursula, Cologne).
ProvenanceFragment (believed to come from the tomb of a daughter of Pepin the Short in the Church of St. Ursula, Cologne).