Cleveland Museum of Art

Chasuble Fragment with Realistic Animals

Date

c. 1420

Medium

Silk, gold thread; lampas weave

Culture

Italy

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Around 1400 an emerging interest in the bucolic world of nature encouraged a new trend among textile designers, as seen in the lions, hawks, dogs, and ducks on this luxury silk fragment. The continual influence of Chinese asymmetry, however, is evident in the prominent undulating palmette trees, enlarged from sinuous vines frequently seen in Italian silks and velvets from this period.

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