Textile with Palmettes by Unknown artist | saved.works

Textile with Palmettes by Unknown artist

Textile with Palmettes

1200s–1300s

Silk and gold thread; tabby with supplementary weft

Cleveland Museum of Art

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A long, narrow textile fragment features a repeating pattern of palmettes woven with gold thread on a dark background. The left edge shows significant fraying and damage.

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textile fragment fabric repeating pattern vertical orientation asymmetrical composition flattened picture plane pattern palmette motif woven gold thread silk gold yellow

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