Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms
Unknown Artist
700s
Medium
Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit)
Dimensions
22.5 × 29.5 cm · mounted: 27.9 × 34.9 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of The Textile Arts Club
Accession Number
1951.91
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The stunning pattern of palmettes within diamond-shaped compartments is still visible in this rare four-color silk, despite its fragile state. Small human faces within circles appear at the points of the diamonds.