two animals collared, couchant and addorsed regardant, may be meant for it is hard to imagine. Rays, like those from the sun, dart down beneath these dog-like creatures, and looking upward to those beams stand two eagles. Some of the flowers and the two animals are wrought in gold.
8290.
Piece of Silk; ground, dark blue; pattern, yellow, in zigzag arabesque. Moorish work of the South of Spain, 14th century. 12-1/2 inches by 8-1/2 inches.
Though of such simple elements in its design, this Moresco stuff is
not unpleasing.
8291, 8291A.
Two Pieces of Silk and Gold Tissue, having a pattern in bands diapered with arabesques, birds, and animals. Syrian, 14th century. 5 inches by 4 inches, and 5 inches by 3-1/2 inches.
Although but mere rags, these two specimens are interesting. They
tell, of their country and time, by the management of their design,
and have a near relationship to the specimen No. 8288.
8292.
Piece of Silk; ground, red with pattern, in violet, of vine-leaves, conventional foliage, and animals. Sicilian, early 14th century. 12-1/2 inches by 6 inches.
This very pretty produce of the Italian loom, like No. 8283, commends
itself to our admiration by the graceful manner in which the
design is carried out. Though small in its parts, the pattern is attractive.
Those stags, tripping and showing heads well attired, are not
uncommon, about the period, upon stuffs, but those wild boars—like the
deer, in pairs—segeant face to face, are somewhat new.
