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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.751.15
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Florentine Border depicting the Virgin Adoring the Child with Angels
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
third quarter 15th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214614

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk
Technique
Lampas
Dimensions
28.6 × 27.3 cm (11 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harry G. Friedman, New York, Gift to Fogg Museum, 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Harry G. Friedman
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.751.15
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Textile fragment known as a "Florentine border", from an orphrey panel, depicting the Virgin adoring the Child flanked by two angels with a red satin ground and silk lampas using supplementary gilt metallic yarns. Above are the words from the Gospel according to St. John:1, "[VE]RBVM HARO FATVM EST" (The Word is made flesh)

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