Textile ArtsItalian15th century
Florentine Border depicting the Holy Family with Angels
c. 1500
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Description
Textile fragment, part of an orphrey panel, depicting the Holy Family with Angels, with the ox and ass, the bricks of the stable and a star above. The piece has a red silk satin ground with polychromed yarns in lampas technique (compound weave) using a white binding warp.
Dimensions
28.9 x 27.3 cm (11 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Harry G. Friedman, New York, Gift to Fogg Museum, 1960.
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