Cleveland Museum of Art

Silk and Gold Textile

Date

1420–1430

Medium

lampas weave, silk and gold thread

Culture

Italy, 15th century

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Lucca, Venice, Florence, Bologna, and Genoa are known to have been the principal silk weaving cities in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. It is not possible, however, to distinguish which silks were woven in each city. Silks like these were sold to royalty, nobility, and churches throughout Europe by Italian merchants in Bruges, Antwerp, Paris, London, and Avignon.

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