Title
Textile Fragment
Dating
750 to 1258 C.E.
Accession Number
1971.23
Dimensions
103.2 x 86.4 cm (40 5/8 x 34 in.)
Culture
Eran (Abbasid)
Collection
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Materials
Silk
Object Type
Textiles
"In three rows, this fragment preserves nine complete aligned, tangent roundels, each containing a king on horseback with a falcon in his left hand and a leafy branch in his right. The border of each roundel is ornamented with a scrolling foliate vine. Interspaces contain oval medallions enclosing an eight-pointed star within which is a four-directional palmette. Joining the roundels at their cardinal points are cross-shaped geometric figures.
According to recent analysis of the museum’s Buyid and Abbasid textile materials, some have been identified as modern reproductions."
Image Source
Copyright Status
CC0 1.0, The Cleveland Museum of Art