Period: Late Gothic
Date: ca. 1475–80
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object no.: 475546

6 of Tethers, from The Cloisters Playing Cards

Unknown maker, ca. 1475–80

Maker: Unknown maker
Date: ca. 1475–80
Medium: Paper (four layers of pasteboard) with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied silver and gold
Dimensions: 5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (13.2 × 7 cm)
Period: Late Gothic

Why it matters

6 of Tethers, from The Cloisters Playing Cards, dated ca. 1475–80, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Paper (four layers of pasteboard) with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied silver and gold. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are 5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (13.2 × 7 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.

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