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Praetexta

Unknown Artist

ca. 1450–75

Praetexta by Unknown Artist

Medium

Wool, silk, gold and silver thread

Dimensions

Overall: 5 7/8 x 63 3/8in. (15 x 161cm) with mount and plexi lid: 9 1/8 x 66 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (23.2 x 168.9 x 5.4 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Tapestries

Culture

German

Department

The Cloisters

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Cloisters Collection, 1999

Accession Number

1999.392a, b

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