Fragment with peacocks
13th–14th century
Object PlaceItaly or Sicily
Medium/TechniqueSilk with alternating bands of weft patterned plain weave (draps d'areste), samite, and plain weave (this section is not present in mfa fragment)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number40.43
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
11th century, with 12th century repairs
4th–5th century
19th century
early 19th century
late 18th to first half of 19th century
3rd-4th century AD
about 1875
A.D. 1100–1476
20th century
late 18th to early 19th century
second quarter of the 19th century
second quarter of the 19th century