id:			132138
accession number:	1954.69
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.69
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:33.945000

Exotic Gold-patterned Silk, 1360–1400. Italy, Venice, last third of 14th century. Silk, gold thread; a combination of two weaves, 2/1 twill and 1/3 twill (lampas); overall: 21.6 x 31.1 cm (8 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.); mounted: 30.5 x 39.4 cm (12 x 15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.69

title:				Exotic Gold-patterned Silk
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creation date:			1360–1400
creation date earliest:		1360
creation date latest:		1400
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Venice, last third of 14th century
technique:	silk, gold thread; a combination of two weaves, 2/1 twill and 1/3 twill (lampas)
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 21.6 x 31.1 cm (8 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.); Mounted: 30.5 x 39.4 cm (12 x 15 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church
	opening date:   2003-09-07T00:00:00
	<i>Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2003-September 26, 2004).

	title:		Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2012-11-14T05:00:00
	<i>Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 14, 2012-December 10, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Gallery 214 installation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 1991). (after 3 months from gallery for restoration)', 'opening_date': '1991-06-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Adolph Loewi [1888–1977], Los Angeles, CA,  sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1954
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1954–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wardwell, Anne E. "Flight of the Phoenix: Crosscurrents in Late Thirteenth- to Fourteenth-Century Silk Patterns and Motifs." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 1 (1987): 2-35.
	page number: 	p. 2-35, fig 39
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25159970.

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