Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Band

Date

1300s–1400s

Medium

Linen, silk, metal-wrapped thread: compound twill weave

Culture

Germany, Cologne, 14th-15th century

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art has a number of band fragments that may have been created in a workshop in Cologne, Germany, on the Rhine River. They may have been produced in series and could be adapted for various contexts. Such bands are found, for example, in very similar form on the nearby chasuble, or sleeveless outer vestment. The inscriptions Jesus and Mary on the bands also point to such a use.

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