Cochineal Red: The Art History of a Color

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 67 | NUMBER 3

Cochineal Red: The Art History of a Color

Phipps, Elena

2010

48 pages

77 illustrations

This title is out of print.

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Elena Phipps

Met Art in Publication

Red-Dyed Length of Linen, Linen, hematite — Red-Dyed Length of Linen
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.

Textile with Stripes and Confronted Birds, Woven silk: warp-faced compound plain weave, China — Textile with Stripes and Confronted Birds

Mask, Jadeite, Olmec — Mask
900–400 BCE

Textile Fragment, Chavín artist(s), Cotton, refined iron earth pigments, Chavin — Textile Fragment
Chavín artist(s)
4th–3rd century BCE

Fragment of a quiver (?), Leather (cattle hide), dye (red madder) — Fragment of a quiver (?)
ca. 2124–1981 B.C.

Textile fragment, Wool, cotton, Sasanian — Textile fragment
ca. 6th century CE

Glass situla (bucket) with silver handles, Glass with silver handles, Greek — Glass situla (bucket) with silver handles
late 4th–early 3rd century BCE

Textile Fragment, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave — Textile Fragment
3rd–4th century

Four strips with embroidered goats, Wool, cotton (braided wool with cotton embroidery) — Four strips with embroidered goats
ca. 2nd century BCE–1st century CE

Textile Fragment with Confronted Deer in Partial Pearl Roundel with Serrated Outer Border, Silk, Eastern Iran or Sogdiana — Textile Fragment with Confronted Deer in Partial Pearl Roundel with Serrated Outer Border
8th–9th century

The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper with St. Peter and St. Paul, Feathers and colored paper on wood, gilt wood frame, Mexican — The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper with St. Peter and St. Paul
mid-16th century

Mantle, Camelid hair, Ocucaje — Mantle
2nd–1st century BCE

Textile Fragment, Camelid hair, Recuay — Textile Fragment
4th–6th century

Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas — Border Fragment
1st century BCE–2nd century CE

Coca Bag, Camelid hair, cotton, Moche — Coca Bag
5th–7th century

Tunic, Camelid hair, cotton, Moche-Wari — Tunic
7th–9th century

Tunic Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Wari — Tunic Fragment
7th–9th century

Shirt, Camelid fiber, cotton, Chimú — Shirt
1450–1550

Bag Tassel, Camelid hair, cotton, Inca — Bag Tassel
15th–16th century

Tunic with Diamond Band, Camelid hair, cotton, Inca — Tunic with Diamond Band
1460–1540

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