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Jul 6, 2005

Aug 13, 2009

Tapestry Border

1400–1450

Italy, Lombardy, Milan ?, first half of 15th century

Tapestry weave; silk, silver and gold wire

Overall: 93.5 x 7.5 cm (36 13/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.3

Location

not on view

Citations

Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951. p. 37

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). The Secular Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle Ages. New York: Dutton, 1975.

Martin Nagy, Rebecca. Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985. p. 54-55, 59

Müller, Kathrin. Musterhaft naturgetreu: Tiere in Seiden, Zeichnungen und Tapisserien des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag,2020. Reproduced: P. 199, farabb. 77

Exhibition history

2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).

The Secular Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle Ages. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, New York, NY (March 23-June 16, 1975).

35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

The Secular Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle Ages. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 28-June 16, 1975).

Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5-November 11, 1977).

Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 22-March 17, 1985).

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