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Foliate Border Section

ca. 1140–44
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304
These three foliate border sections come from the window depicting scenes from the infancy of Jesus and the life of Moses.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Foliate Border Section
  • Date: ca. 1140–44
  • Geography: Made in Saint-Denis
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint, and lead
  • Dimensions: a: 3 11/16 × 16 1/16 × 3/8 in. (9.4 × 40.8 × 1 cm)
    b: 3 7/8 × 16 3/8 × 3/8 in. (9.9 × 41.6 × 1 cm)
  • Classification: Glass-Stained
  • Credit Line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.218.6a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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