About This Artwork
Hispano-Moresque
Spain, Almería
Fragment Found in Tomb of Don Felipe in Villacazar de Sirga, Palencia13th century
Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, three-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps
22.2 x 10.5 cm (8 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Repeat: 5.5 x 5 cm (2 1/4 x 2 in.)
Restricted gift of Mrs. Chauncey Borland, 1945.195
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