Fragment with wrestling lions and harpies
Early 12th century
Object Placepossibly Almería, Spain
Medium/TechniqueSilk lampas with supplementary discontinuous metal-wrapped patterning wefts
Dimensions50 x 43 cm (19 11/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit LineEllen Page Hall Fund
Accession number33.371
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NOTES:
[1] See Adele Coulin Weibel, Two Thousand Years of Textiles (New York: Pantheon, 1952), p. 96, cat. no. 66.
[2] Purchased with MFA 33.372 for $14,500.
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