Border of Brocatelle with Adoration of the Christ Child

Description Provenance Credit

Description This type of textile is known as a Florentine repeat border fabric: woven in long strips, then cut and sewn on vestments. There is a similar piece in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Provenance Mrs. Saidie A. May [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, June 12, 1945, by gift.

Credit Gift of Mrs. Saidie A. May, 1945

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Creator

Italian (Artist)

Period

1400-1500 (Renaissance)

Medium

colored and metal threads with red taffeta lining
(Textiles)

Accession Number

83.649

Measurements

H: 11 x W: 18 3/4 in. (28 x 47.7 cm)

Geographies

Siena, Italy (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View