Textile Fragment
Unknown Artist
Medium
Woven textile
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (8.9 x 6.3 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Woven
Culture
Swiss
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1909
Accession Number
09.50.3801
Art Historical Context
This delicate **Textile Fragment**, a small woven piece measuring just ½ x 2½ inches, offers a tantalizing glimpse into medieval Swiss. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Medieval Department and acquired through the Rogers Fund in 9, it exemplifies the fragile yet enduring legacy of textiles from this era. Though the artist and exact date remain unknown, its Swiss cultural origins place it within the vibrant tradition of Central European weaving during the Middle Ages (roughly 5th–15th centuries). Woven textiles like this one were essential to daily life, trade, and religious practice...