Woven Silk with Paired Parrots in Roundels

Unknown Artist

13th century

Woven Silk with Paired Parrots in Roundels by Unknown Artist

Medium

Silk and gilt metal thread on silk, warp-faced plain-weave foundation, weft-faced plain-weave pattern

Dimensions

Overall: 18 x 8 1/4in. (45.7 x 21cm) 18in. (45.7cm)

Classification

Textiles-Woven-Brocade

Culture

Sicilian (?)

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1946

Accession Number

46.156.30

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