Medieval Embroidery Fragment, Switzerland

Embroidery fragment, Switzerland, 14th century. Embroidery fragment, Switzerland, 14th century. Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 2010.29.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York houses a piece of embroidery from Switzerland, which has been dated to the fourteenth century. The embroidery is worked in silk on a linen ground. It measures 61.8 x 70.6 cm. 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalogue (retrieved 1 December 2016).

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