Design for Woven Silk and Embroidery, with Lion attacking a Deer (recto) and Woman swallowed by Fish (verso)
Cooper Hewitt

Design for Woven Silk and Embroidery, with Lion attacking a Deer (recto) and Woman swallowed by Fish (verso)

Unknown · late 14th century

Pen and brown ink, traces of leadpoint (recto only) on vellum
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Recto: Center of design occupied by stylized tree with cut-off branches. Lion attacking a hornless deer on the left. On the right, another deer is entangled in flowering tendrils. Verso: At top left a stylized fish in the form of an "O" has a woman in its jaws. On the bottom left, a medallion fragment is depicted with plant and rabbit motifs. Right side of sheet occupied by head of Christ surrounded by seraphim, five of whom are visible.

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