Border with Arching Leaf Fronds

Unknown

ca. 1200–1210 · Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint · Medieval Art

Several unusual details in this border fragment, such as its extreme narrowness and the turn of the leaf tip, are found in glass from Soissons Cathedral. The strict lateral symmetry is characteristic of 13th-century border design.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1200–1210

Medium

Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint

Culture

French

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of George D. Pratt, 1926