Fragment with Rows of Confronted Rabbits
Unknown Artist
900s
Medium
Silk: compound twill
Dimensions
57.5 × 41.6 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1968.229
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This fragment includes pairs of confronted rabbits(?) arranged in staggered horizontal rows. The right border preserves parts of a selvage and an inscription, which is orthograde to the right and retrograde to the left. The rabbits are woven in dark blue on a tan ground; the inscription is tan on a dark blue ground.