Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment with jewel-like silk

Date

800s

Medium

Silk: plain weave, brocaded

Culture

Iraq, probably Baghdad

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This fragment is brocaded in a jewel-toned silks: red, rose, turquoise, salmon pink, pale pink, golden tan, green, dark blue, and dark brown. Flat strips of gold foil were wound on tan silk strands to create gold thread adding to the luxuriousness of the brocade.

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