Textile with Birds and Horned Quadrupeds Flanking a Tree of Life

Medium

Silk; warp faced plain weave

Dimensions

Textile: L. 17 in. (43.2 cm) W. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm) Mount: L. 21 1/4 in. (54 cm) W. 20 5/8 in. (52.4 cm) D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Woven

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952

Accession Number

52.20.10a, b

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