Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 14th century
notes: label: Description
content: Horizontal rows of medallions edged with small incurving scallops, each containing an ornamental fountain with confronted phoenixes with spread wings and necks bent to drink on either side; small mask at top, bottom, and sides of each medallion. On a close-set ground of floral arabesques in rich gold on a deep electric blue ground. Yellow selvedge on each side; pattern reversible.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1902-1-272
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic thread (beaten gold on vellum wrapped around linen core) Technique: 4&1 satin patterned with plain weave (lampas)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 25.6 x 59.8 cm (10 1/16 x 23 9/16 in.)