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Textile Fragment15th century

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Woven textile fragment with allover pattern of large cream-colored circles on a steel-blue ground, frayed edges revealing multicolored threads

Unknown, Textile Fragment, 15th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Textile Fragment
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
15th century
Medium
Silk satin with silk and metallic-thread supplementary-weft patterning bound in twill (lampas)
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (13.97 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund
Accession Number
M.55.12.32
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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