0751 / 0800, Istanbul
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0751 / 0800, Istanbul
- Identifier
- 33.648
- Transfer of custody
- MFA Boston
- Acquisition
- Fragment (believed to come from the tomb of a daughter of Pepin the Short in the Church of St. Ursula, Cologne). / 1931 Purchase Fund
- Collection
- Material
- Technique
- Embroidery 67%
- Embroidery 99%
- Embroidery 67%
- Depiction
- Vegetal motif 63%
- Vegetal motif 63%
- Dimension
- 20 cm (height)34 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
Fragment (believed to come from the tomb of a daughter of Pepin the Short in the Church of St. Ursula, Cologne). Weft twill. Warp: light neutral colored silk. Weft: reddish purple and light neutral colored silk. Design: all-over pattern with gryphon on the back of a bull framed in circles, woven with reddish purple on a light neutral colored ground..
