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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
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Elena Phipps
Met Art in Publication
Red-Dyed Length of Linen
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Textile with Stripes and Confronted Birds
Mask
900–400 BCE
Textile Fragment
Chavín artist(s)
4th–3rd century BCE
Fragment of a quiver (?)
ca. 2124–1981 B.C.
Textile fragment
ca. 6th century CE
Glass situla (bucket) with silver handles
late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Textile Fragment
3rd–4th century
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
8th–9th century
The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper with St. Peter and St. Paul
mid-16th century
Mantle
2nd–1st century BCE
Textile Fragment
4th–6th century
Border Fragment
1st century BCE–2nd century CE
Coca Bag
5th–7th century
Tunic
7th–9th century
Tunic Fragment
7th–9th century
Shirt
1450–1550
Bag Tassel
15th–16th century
Tunic with Diamond Band
1460–1540
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