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Textile fragment in tapestry work
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Natural-colored linen fabric fragment with a coarse-stitched appliquéd tapestry. Against a faded red ground, a side view of a green throne with a yellow lion on the backrest. Upon it, a figure in frontal view with a nimbus and a robe in yellow, green, and red stripes, with a decorative diamond motif at the bottom in dark blue, yellow, red, green, and natural color. To the left, right, and top is a border with pointed ovals and scroll motifs in dark blue, light blue, red, green, and yellow.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineWeefselfragment in tapijtwerk. c. 500 - c. 799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.