Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment from Funeral Garment or Pall

Date

before 1966

Medium

Silk: compound tabby

Culture

Iran ?, Seljuq period (1037–1194)

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The design consists of two aligned rows of winged, regardant ibexes, 3-1/2 in each row, the top row going left, the bottom row to the right. The oval ornament at the base of the wing and interstices are filled with a stylized foliate motif. The design is dark blue on a tan ground.

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