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Tapestry Fragment (Spain)
This is a Tapestry fragment. We acquired it in 1902. Its medium is silk, metallic (gilded parchment wound around silk core) and its technique is plain weave with discontinuous wefts (slit tapestry), with eccentric wefts. It is a part of the Textiles department.
The figure pairs featured in this fragment are commonly called “cup bearers.” Seated in the same pose, but with clothing and drinking vessels of different colors, they raise their cups with one hand and point to each other with the other. Similar designs appear on Islamic textiles and carved ivories of this period. A 13th century cope of San Valero (1938-78-1) is one example. This type of decoration may have originated in the geometric decoration often found in Islamic architecture. Some of the complex mosaics at Alhambra, the palace of the Sultan of Granada, utilize the same patterns as this textile.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Beautiful Ladies.
This object was donated by John Pierpont Morgan.
- Roundel (Egypt)
- warp: undyed s-spun wool; wefts: s-spun red wool; s-spun white linen; s-spun....
- 1902-1-71
- Medallion (Egypt)
- warp: paired s-spun linen; wefts: s-spun linen, s-spun wools; linen backing.
- 1902-1-80
- Sidewall (USA), 1920
- block-printed paper, embossed, hand-rubbed oil finish.
- Gift of Birge Co., Inc..
- 1944-79-19
Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, The Third Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion)
- woodcut on off-white laid paper.
- 1944-37-1-b
- Cap (Egypt), late 13th–early 14th century
- untwisted silk, gilded parchment; z-spun linen lining.
- Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1949-64-7
- Fragment (Spain), 15th century
- silk.
- Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
- 1902-1-304
Cite this object as
Tapestry Fragment (Spain); Previously owned by Francisco Miquel y Badía (Spanish, 1840–1899); silk, metallic (gilded parchment wound around silk core); 1902-1-82
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hewitt Sisters Collect.
