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Conservation Status: After Treatment
Fragment of a garment of aljuba of Don Felipes in Villaleazar de Sirga
Conservation Status: After Treatment

Fragment of a garment of aljuba of Don Felipes in Villaleazar de Sirga

13th century
Medium/TechniqueTaqueté of silk and metallic thread (gilded animal membrane wrapped on a silk core)
DimensionsHeight x width: 33 x 26.5 cm (13 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number26.291
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceProbably acquired in Spain by Adolfo Loewi, Venice; 1926, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $2070.43 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: December 2, 1926)

NOTES:
[1] Seven textiles were acquired from Loewi for this amount (MFA accession nos. 26.290-26.296).