COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MIA_.21.369
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Textiles
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role:
weavers
Creator Name-CRT:
artist unknown
Title:
Embroidered Strip
View:
Front
Creation Date:
16th century
Creation Start Date:
1500
Creation End Date:
1599
Materials and Techniques:
linen
Classification Term:
lace
Dimensions:
L.62 x W.3 in.
Component Measured:
overall
Measurement Unit:
in
AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number:
21.369
Credit Line:
Gift of Countess Phelps Resse
Context:
Desiring a lighter, airier quality an openwork background was created by using a tight wrapping stitch on a plain woven linen fabric leaving the unaltered cloth as the decorative element. The figural subject matter, St. George and the Dragon and an angel, suggests that this strip was created as part of a religious vestment or parament.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.7893c.tif
