Textile Fragment with Facing Pairs of Birds Flanking a Tree of Life

Medium

Silk; samite

Dimensions

Textile: L. 18 in. (45.7 cm) W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) Mount: H. 25 in. (63.5 cm) W. 17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm) D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Woven

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1944

Accession Number

44.155

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