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Textile Fragmentcirca 9th century

Not on view
Narrow vertical textile fragment with olive-green ground woven with a repeating symmetrical pattern of crimson-pink bird and heart forms, blue diamond accents, cream horizontal bands, green fringe borders along each side, and four small silver metal beads along the right edge
Title
Textile Fragment
Place Made
Great Britain, Saxon
Date Made
circa 9th century
Medium
Silk and metallic-thread tablet weave with metal beads
Dimensions
6 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (17.15 × 5.72 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
55.57.1
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • 2000 Years of Silk Weaving: an Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts.. New York: E. Weyhe, 1944.