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Textile Border Fragment16th century

Not on view
Long narrow woven textile border with repeating geometric animal and tree motifs in olive, gold, and red on an ivory ground, with a multicolored knotted fringe along the bottom edge

Unknown, Textile Border Fragment, 16th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Textile Border Fragment
Place Made
Italy, Umbria
Date Made
16th century
Medium
Linen plain weave with silk supplementary-weft patterning bound in plain weave (lampas)
Dimensions
2 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (6.35 x 59.69 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund
Accession Number
M.55.12.36
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles