Fragments, Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: two interconnected plain weave structures (lampas) with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Five irregularly shaped fragments of woven silk with a tawny pink ground (formerly red) with an all-over design of meandering grape vines in tan and larger motifs in straight repeat forming horizontal rows. These motifs alternate colors across each row: off-white, silver, yellow-green, silver, etc. In one row, peacocks facing right. In the next row, a smaller-scale motif of a tree with two birds at the base. In the next row, pelicans facing left, with the inscription 'PELYCE' on the wing. In the final row, trees again with a duck and a hedgehog at the base., Lucca, Italy, 14th century, woven textiles, Fragments