Fragment by an unidentified artist
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain

Fragment

Unattributed · Late 14th/15th century

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. M. R. Sharer, New York, by Apr. 14, 1961 [incoming receipt RX3511, Apr. 14, 1961; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1962.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, Jan. 25–Mar. 2, 1969.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century, Sept. 27, 1989–Jan. 22, 1990.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Renaissance Velvets and Silks, Dec. 18, 2002–Apr. 13, 2003.

Literature

Published references

  • Christa C. Mayer, Masterpieces of Western Textiles (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), 59, pl. 38.
  • Anne Wardwell, “The Development of 14th and 15th-Century Italian Silk Design” in Aachener Kunstblatter 47 (1976–77), fig. 61.

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