Star and Cross Pattern from a Tomb Cover(?)
Unknown Artist
800s–900s
Medium
complementary weft-faced plain weave with inner warps (samit); silk
Dimensions
8.5 × 24.1 cm · mounted: 15.2 × 30.5 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1977.17
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This fragment is one of several that may have come from a tomb in the Caucasus (the region between the Black and Caspian seas). The design displays rows of eight-pointed stars, here with a rooster on a blue ground, alternating with striped pointed crosses.