The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Parrots and Animals

Parrots and Animals

1300s
Overall: 84.8 x 26.7 cm (33 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.); Mounted: 90.2 x 33 cm (35 1/2 x 13 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Silk weaving became an important industry in Italy during the 13th century, especially in Lucca and Venice. Initially, it was closely associated with silk patterns that were woven in the well established textile industry in Islamic Spain. Here, the Islamic influence is apparent in the paired eagles and gazelles flanking concentric bulb-shaped palmettes. Many variations of this design were woven in Italy during the 1300s. Examples that belonged to a pope, cardinal, and bishop provide dates between 1334 and 1361 based on their obituaries. Inventories in the Vatican also describe vestments displaying animals and birds with gold heads throughout the1300s. Here, costly gold thread was only interlaced where it is visible in the pattern.
  • Weibel, Adèle Coulin. Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952. p. 128, no. 170
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 162 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 56 archive.org
    Klesse, Brigitte. Seidenstoffe in der italienischen Malerei des 14. Jahrhunderts. Bern: Stämpfli, 1967. abb. 5
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 56 archive.org
    Wardwell, Anne E. 1977. "The Stylistic Development of 14th- and 15th-Century Italian Silk Design". Aachener Kunstblätter / Hrsg. Im Auftr. Des Vorstandes Des Aachener Museumsvereins. 177-226. fig. 2, p. 181
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 62 archive.org
    Wardwell, Anne E. 1978. "Italian Gothic Silks in the Museum Collection". Bulletin / Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 6-23. fig. 1, p. 6
    Wilson, Kax. A History of Textiles. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1979. pl. 41
  • Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 14, 2012-December 10, 2013).
    Gallery 216 installation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1991).
    East-West in Art. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN.
    East-West in Art. Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, IN (June 22-October 15, 1966).
    Circa 1300. Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (organizer) (September 26-November 7, 1965).
    Circa 1300. Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN (September 26-November 7, 1965).
    2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).
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