Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Fragment of woven silk with a deep blue ground and design in metallic gold. Addorsed griffons surrounded by vines and grape leaves.
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Pierpont Morgan
- 14th century
- Accession Number
- 1902-1-271-a/d
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- woven textiles
- Textile
- Medium
- Medium: silk, gilded parchment wound around linen core Technique: two interconnected structures: 4&1 satin and weft faced plain weave (lampas)
- Dimensions
- H x W (a): 40 × 20.5 cm (15 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
- H x W (b): 12.7 × 30 cm (5 in. × 11 13/16 in.)
- H x W (c): 36.5 × 11.4 cm (14 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
- H x W (d): 3.2 × 5.4 cm (1 1/4 × 2 1/8 in.)
- made in
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1902-1-271-a_d
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4338ef71e-7f9c-43e1-abb2-9ad747aa1f7c
