Textile Fragment from the Tomb of Sant Bernat Calvo

early to mid-12th century

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Textile Fragment from the Tomb of Sant Bernat Calvo
Date: early to mid-12th century
Culture: Islamic
Medium: Silk, gilded vellum with silk core, lampas
Dimensions: 19 7/16 × 20 3/4 in. (49.3 × 52.7 cm)
Mount: D. 1 5/8 in. × H. 31 5/8 in. × W. 26 3/8 in. (4.1 × 80.3 × 67 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Credit Line: Gift of John Pierpont Morgan. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters