Fragment of a Border

Unknown

ca. 1185–1205 · Pot-metal glass with vitreous paint · The Cloisters

This fragment was originally part of the border of a stained-glass window, most likely from the clerestory of a church. It is composed of two different motifs-a palmette and a circle enclosing a rosette, a not uncommon combination in the 12th century, but increasingly rare in the 13th. The variety of color in this border, its lush vegetal forms, and the detail of painting relate it to stained-glass ornament produced around the end of the 12th century.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1185–1205

Medium

Pot-metal glass with vitreous paint

Culture

French

Department

The Cloisters

Credit line

The Cloisters Collection, 1978