Fragment (From a Border)

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Textiles

1575/1625

Italy

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Fragment (From a Border)
Origin: Italy
Date: Made 1575–1625
Medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, cross and long-armed cross stitches
Inscriptions: ANO (Year); LARCA DI NOE (The Ark of Noah); NOE (Noah); NEMANG (C?)
Dimensions: 22.8 × 41.4 cm (9 × 16 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund
Reference Number: 1907.827
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Christa Charlotte Mayer. Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969).
Virginia Churchill Bath. Embroidery Masterworks: Classic Patterns and Techniques for Contemporary Application (Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1972).

Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, Jan. 25–Mar. 2, 1969.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Seventeenth Century Textile Treasures from the Permanent Collection, March 12–June 15, 1983
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century, September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gunsaulus Hall, April 8- August 6, 2004

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