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Several unusual details in this border fragment, such as its extreme narrowness and the turn of the leaf tip, are found in glass from Soissons Cathedral. The strict lateral symmetry is characteristic of 13th-century border design.
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Title: Border with Arching Leaf Fronds
Date: ca. 1200–1210
Geography: Made in possibly Soissons, Picardy, France
Culture: French
Medium: Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint
Dimensions: Overall: 4 x 21 3/4 in. (10.2 x 55.2 cm)
Classification: Glass-Stained
Credit Line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1926
Object Number: 26.218.4
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