Fragment with Griffins in Roundels
Unknown Artist
before 1982
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Dimensions
35.5 × 30.5 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1982.19
About this artwork
This fragment preserves rows of tangent roundels, each containing pair of griffins flanking a tree. Borders of the roundels are ornamented with small medallions enclosing animals or a floral device. The interspaces between roundels are filled with geometric floral figures.