Medium:

Medium: silk, cotton (?) Technique: two integrated fabric structures (brocatelle)

Dimensions:

Warp x Weft: 66 x 26 cm (26 x 10 1/4 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Fragment

Made in:

Spain

Date:

17th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Fragment from a chasuble. Strapwork containing spaces filled with flowering urns alternate with flowering plants. The interstices of the strapwork have an oval space with the letter 'M' on a checkerboard background. Leaf shapes on the strapwork contain snakes and salamanders. Yellow, ivory and reddish purple.

Credit Line:

Gift of John Pierpont Morgan

Accession Number:

1902-1-453

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a6c9feb2-4375-4352-8d0b-675fa7f61aa4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1902-1-453