Patched strip of red, yellow and white lampas silk; possibly originally part of a chasuble

Patched strip of red, yellow and white lampas silk; possibly originally part of a chasuble

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

With its ornate and intricate knotwork patterning- still discernable despite surface losses- this textile is an evocative survival of Spanish, sixteenth-century weaving. When this strip was first part of The Met's collection, it was attached to two additional fragments of the same textile (17.29.16a) and assembled to imitate the front of a liturgical garment (as revealed in black-and-white photography). This was probably an early twentieth-century construction created by dealers to make the fragments more saleable.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Patched strip of red, yellow and white lampas silk; possibly originally part of a chasublePatched strip of red, yellow and white lampas silk; possibly originally part of a chasublePatched strip of red, yellow and white lampas silk; possibly originally part of a chasublePatched strip of red, yellow and white lampas silk; possibly originally part of a chasublePatched strip of red, yellow and white lampas silk; possibly originally part of a chasuble

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.