8268.
Piece of Silk and Gold Tissue; the ground, lilac-purple; the pattern in gold, symmetrically arranged and partly composed of birds, upon which hounds are springing. Sicilian, 14th century. 2 feet 3-1/2 inches by 11 inches.
A very effective and well-executed design.
8269.
Piece of Silk; ground, blue, diapered in yellow with mullets of eight points and eight-petaled flowers, within lozenges. Sicilian, early 15th century. 6 inches by 4-1/4 inches.
8269A.
Piece of Silk and Cotton Border; ground, crimson, now much faded; pattern, a diaper of the fleur-de-lis within a lozenge, both yellow; the stuff which it edged has a deep blue ground powdered with fleurs-de-lis, and eight-petaled flowers within lozenges, both yellow. South Italian, late 13th century. 4 inches by 2-1/2 inches.
Though from its pattern we may assume that this stuff was made
for the requirement of the Sicilian Anjou family or one of its adherents,
the poorness of its materials forbids us from thinking it could have
served for any other than common use.
8270.
Piece of Silk and Gold Tissue; pattern, consisting of diaper and leaves interspered with small circles, within each of which is a conventional flower expanded. South Italian, 14th century. 11 inches by 10 inches.
