7046.
Silk Brocade; ground, deep crimson; pattern, a diapering, in the same colour, of heart-shaped shields charged with a fanciful floriation, amid wavy scrolls bearing flowers upon them. South of Spain, 14th century. 6-1/2 inches by 4-1/4 inches.
The fine rich tone of colour, so fixed that it is yet unfaded, is
remarkable.
7047.
Silk Crape, deep crimson, thickly diapered with leaves upon the items. Syrian. 8-3/4 inches by 5-3/4 inches.
Not only the mellow tone, but the pretty though small pattern is
very pleasing.
7048.
Silk and Cotton Texture; ground, white cotton; pattern, lozenges filled up with a broken fret of T-shaped lines and dots, and a cross in the middle; and with similar markings in the intervening spaces. Byzantine, 14th century. 14 inches by 5 inches.
Though of such poor materials this specimen is rather interesting
from its design where the narrow-lined lozenges with their T's and short
intervening lines are all in green silk, now much faded; and the cross,
known as of the Greek form, with those little dots are in crimson silk.
Most likely it was woven in one of the islands of the Archipelago, and
for liturgical use, such as the broad flat girdle still employed in the
Oriental rituals.
7049.
Silk Damask; ground, fawn-colour; design, parrots and giraffes in pairs amid floriated ornamentation, all, excepting the portions done in gold, of the same tint
