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Textile Fragment with paired birds
Spanish
12th century
Medium/Technique
Silk and linen lampas brocaded with metallic thread
Dimensions
11 x 16 cm (4 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .16 x .11
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number30.775
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: light neutral silk (warp and weft). Design: pairs of birds in large and small medallions formed by interlacing horizontal and vertical ribbons woven with pinkish red silk weft tied by light neutral silk warp (4, 2, 2, 4). The birds heads in larger medallions woven (broché) with worn and tarnished metal thread. Worn and ragged.