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Friedrich Fischbach. Die Wichtigeten Webeornaments, (Wiesbaden: 1901), pl. 106b.
Otto Von Falke. Kunstgeschichte der Seidenweberei. (Berlin: 1913), pl. 496.
Otto Von Falke. Decorative Silks (New York: 1922. fig.420.
Adele Coulin Weibel. 2000 Years of Silk Weaving (New York: 1944), no. 159. pl. 41 (illustration).
Allen Warnwell and Mildred Davison. “Three Centuries of the Decorative Arts in Italy.” Apollo (September, 1966), pp. 188-9, fig. 16
Christa Charlotte Mayer. Masterpieces of Western Textiles (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), pl. 44 (cover), ref. p. 63.
Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), p. 20 (illustration), 21, 143.
The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1993), p. 225 (Illustration).
The Art Institute of Chicago. “Devotion & Splendor: Medieval Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.” Museum Studies. vol. 30, no. 2 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2004), no. 42.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery,
Sumptuous Velvets from the Permanent Collection,
February 27–September 29, 1980
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney Textile Gallery, European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century, September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries (Seminar Room), Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago’s Collection, February 17–May 2, 1993
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gunsaulus Hall, February 4, 1998- June 2, 1998
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gunsaulus Hall, May 25- October 27, 2000
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Renaissance Velvets and Silks, December 18, 2002–April 13, 2003
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