Hunters on Horseback
Unknown Artist
late 700s–800s
Medium
Plain weave and tapestry weave; undyed linen, dyed wool
Dimensions
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Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Accession Number
1982.102
About this artwork
The Byzantine theme of the hunt is depicted with archers on horseback. They face each other because the design was based on costlier Byzantine silks with mirror-image symmetry.