1376 / 1400, Lucca

1376 / 1400, Lucca

Identifier
35.74
Transfer of custody
MFA Boston
Acquisition
Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf. By 1934, Dr. H. Burg, Haarlem, the Netherlands; 1935, sold by Dr. H. Burg to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 7, 1935) / 1931 Purchase Fund
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
18 cm (height)
45 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Ground: faded bluish grey warp twill, (alternate warps paired) tied by greyish blue weft. Design: symmetrical trees to which pairs of animals are chained; cartouches with simulated Arabic letters, and pairs of birds, woven with tarnished gold weft (gilded skin wound on line), tied with a fine neutral silk weft. Worn.