Design for Woven Silk and Embroidery, with Lion attacking a Deer (recto) and Woman swallowed by Fish (verso)
date: label: Date
content: late 14th century
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Recto: Center of design occupied by stylized tree with cut-off branches. Lion attacking a hornless deer on the left. On the right, another deer is entangled in flowering tendrils. Verso: At top left a stylized fish in the form of an "O" has a woman in its jaws. On the bottom left, a medallion fragment is depicted with plant and rabbit motifs. Right side of sheet occupied by head of Christ surrounded by seraphim, five of whom are visible.
place: label: designed in
content: probably Venice, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Friends of Textiles Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1993-119-1
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, traces of leadpoint (recto only) on vellum
label: Dimensions
content: 11.6 x 15 cm (4 9/16 x 5 7/8 in)