DrawingsItalian14th century

Designs for Silk Weaving and Embroidery (recto and verso)

c. 1390

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on cream parchment, pricked for transfer

Culture

Italian

Century

14th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.9 × 19.2 cm (10 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

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