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Textile Fragment with Spiders

Textile Fragment with Spiders, early 14th century

  • Islamic, Spanish

Silk lampas with brocade

  • Overall: 10 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (26.7 × 21.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Octavia W. Bates Fund

53.151

Department

Islamic Art

Details

(Adolf Loewi)

1953-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Islamic, Spanish, Textile Fragment with Spiders, early 14th century, silk lampas with brocade. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Octavia W. Bates Fund, 53.151.

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