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Textile fragment from reliquary of St. Librada

late 11th–early 12th century
Object PlaceAlmeria, Spain
Medium/TechniqueSilk and gold-metallic thread; brocaded lampas
Dimensions52 x 46.5 cm (20 1/2 x 18 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number53.119
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBelieved to have come from the Cathedral of Siguenza, Guadalajara, Spain; purchased by the MFA, 1953.
about 1730
early 18th century
second half 14th century
13th century
end of 13th century
end of the 11th– first half of the12th century
about 1700–10
14th century
13th century
second half of 14th century