Two strips of red, yellow and white lampas silk; possibly originally part of a chasuble
With its ornate and intricate knotwork patterning- still discernable despite the surface losses of the yellow supplementary weft- this textile is an evocative survival of Spanish, sixteenth-century weaving. When these strips were first part of The Met's collection, they were attached to an additional fragment of the same textile (17.29.16b) and assembled to imitate the front of a liturgical garment (as recorded in black-and-white photography). This was probably an early twentieth-century construction created by dealers to make the fragments more saleable.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two strips of red, yellow and white lampas silk; possibly originally part of a chasuble
- Date: 16th century
- Culture: Spanish
- Medium: Silk, linen and metal thread
- Dimensions: L. 46 1/4 x W. 21 inches (117.5 x 53.3 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Woven
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.29.16a
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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