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118342
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Silk Fragments
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118342
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object
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Silk Fragments
date
1350–1399
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CC0
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en
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Q80013238
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Textile
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Overall: 35.7 x 15 cm (14 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
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Italy, Lucchese, second half of 14th century
accession
1939.41.a
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lampas weave, brocaded; silk and gold thread
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Silk Fragments, 1350–1399. Italy, Lucchese, second half of 14th century. Lampas weave, brocaded; silk and gold thread; overall: 35.7 x 15 cm (14 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.41.a
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Textiles
citations
citation
Underhill, Gertrude. "Textiles from the H. A. Elsberg Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>26, no. 9. (November 1939): 143–146.
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Mentioned: p. 145
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. “Flight of the Phoenix: Crosscurrents in Late Thirteenth- to Fourteenth-Century Silk Patterns and Motifs.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 1 (January 1987): 2–35.
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Reproduced: fig. 29
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:07:37.356000
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118342
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Textiles
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Textiles
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lampas weave, brocaded; silk and gold thread
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