Silk with Dogs and Birds amid Vines
1350–1400
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Silk with Dogs and Birds amid Vines, 1350–1400. Italy, second half of 14th century. Silk, gold thread; a combination of two weaves, 2/1 twill and plain weave (lampas); overall: 21 x 34.9 cm (8 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.); mounted: 29.2 x 43.2 cm (11 1/2 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1977.14
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- silk, gold thread; a combination of two weaves, 2/1 twill and plain weave (lampas)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 21 x 34.9 cm (8 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.); Mounted: 29.2 x 43.2 cm (11 1/2 x 17 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1977.14
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1977, Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church, Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115, Gallery 214 installation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 1991) (after 3 months restoration)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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