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Fragment: Border

1500-1599

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Fragment: Border

Fragment: Border

1500-1599

Physical Qualities Silk damask
Credit Line Gift of Blanche Adler
Object Number 1929.17.3
Fragment of blue and white silk double cloth, tabby weave. Shows Islamic influence in oval designs resembling ferronneries with enclose fantiasized birds perched upon long-leafed forms.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1929; Blanche Adler, Baltimore
Dena Katzenberg, "Blue Traditions: Indigo Dyed Textiles and Related Cobalt Glazed Ceramics from the 17th through the 19th Century," Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, Cat. 9, p. 121, illus. Identified as c. 1400 (15th c.), and as Spanish and as Cone.
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