Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment, probably from a large hanging

Date

900s–1000s

Medium

Wool: tapestry weave

Culture

Iran or Iraq

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This fragment preserves the forepaws of what must have been a very large-scale lion. Beneath it is a bit of another motif which can no longer be identified. The ground is a soft grayish-blue, the design pale yellow and white, and the leaflike projections on the lower motif are aqua. The design is oriented in the warp direction. The technique is the usual tapestry weave with slit and dovetail joins. The weave is very fine; the wefts are tightly beaten up. There is limited use of eccentric weaving.

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