Fragments with Griffins in Roundels
Unknown Artist
before 1966
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Dimensions
41 × 32.8 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg
Accession Number
1966.136.a
About this artwork
This fragment consists of two almost complete roundels in lower right and fragment of third one at the left, plus parts of other roundels. In the roundels are a pair of confronted, winged griffins either side of a "palm" tree. Heavy baroque floral motifs fill the spaces between the main motifs and the roundel frame. The palm grows out of a curious foliate device at the bottom. The roundel frame has pearl borders between which are little circles about 2 cm. in diameter with a series of elegant ti...