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Textile fragment
Tartar, Central Asian
13th–14th century
Object Place: Italy or France
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave with supplementary metallic patterning wefts
Dimensions
16 x 34.5 cm (6 5/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
1931 Purchase Fund
Accession Number33.649
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment with green silk ground (weft rib), fine paired warps almost cover heavier weft. Design of winged griffins and fleurs-de-lis woven with gold weft (gilded leather wound on linen), tied by green silk warp, to form diagonal lines.