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
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.