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Guilloche band, from a dalmatic of San Valero

1200s
tapestry weave: silk and gold thread
Overall: 6.1 x 26.1 cm (2 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1928.650
Location: not on view
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Description

Rarely do medieval silks convey their original luxurious quality with such brilliant gold thread. This fragment is said to have been among relics of Saint Valerio from Lérida Cathedral (in northeast Spain, near Barcelona). An elegant geometric tracery in crimson silk decorates the gold-thread ground, bordered above by four interlacing strands in ivory silk and below by two rows of "figure 8s" woven with gold thread and black silk outlines.
Guilloche band, from a dalmatic of San Valero

Guilloche band, from a dalmatic of San Valero

1200s

Spain, probably Almeria

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