Textile
date: label: Date
content: 13th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A fragment from a set of vestments found at the Cathedral of Lerida. A central band of eight-pointed stars enclosing rampant lions, separated by cross-shaped ornaments. Above, a band of pseudo-Kufic letters in white on gold ground. A narrow checked band below. In blue, pink, and yellow silk and gold metallic threads.
place: label: made in
content: Spain
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1944-21-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic yarns (beaten gold on vellum, wrapped around silk core) Technique: plain compound weave
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft: 35.4 x 21 cm (13 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)