Fragment (From a Border)

1575/1625

Italy

Title: Fragment (From a Border)
Origin: Italy
Date: 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 x 41.4 cm (9 x 16 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund
Reference Number: 1907.827

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).

The Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, January 25–March 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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