id:			98603
accession number:	1918.310
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.310
updated:		2024-08-08 15:11:59.515000

Velvet Fragment, 1400–1450. Italy, Venice ?, first half 15th century. Velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silk; overall: 38.5 x 24.2 cm (15 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1918.310

title:				Velvet Fragment
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creation date:			1400–1450
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1450
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Italy, Venice ?, first half 15th century
technique:	velvet (cut, uncut, voided, brocaded); silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Velvet
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measurements: Overall: 38.5 x 24.2 cm (15 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		2000 Years of Silk Weaving
	opening date:   1944-01-09T05:00:00
	<i>2000 Years of Silk Weaving</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: The Floral Motif in Art
	opening date:   1947-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: The Floral Motif in Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29-September 30, 1947).

	title:		Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages
	opening date:   1985-01-22T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 22-March 17, 1985).

	title:		The Twain Shall Meet
	opening date:   1985-10-30T05:00:00
	<i>The Twain Shall Meet</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Besselièvre; Bacri Frères, Paris.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Los Angeles County Museum. 2000 Years of Silk Weaving: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in Collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts. 1944.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 168
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n41

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 61
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n85

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 61
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n85

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 69
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n89

	Martin Nagy, Rebecca. Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
	page number: 	p. 48-9, 59
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	Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 353, fig. 53
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914

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