Embroidered fragment with bird among vines
1100s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Embroidered fragment with bird among vines, 1100s. Iraq, Baghdad, Seljuq period. Plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); embroidery, couched and split stitches: silk and metallic thread; overall: 7.3 x 21.6 cm (2 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.533
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); embroidery, couched and split stitches: silk and metallic thread
- Medium
- plain, weave, silk, warp, cotton, weft, mulham, embroidery, couched, split, stitches, metallic, thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.3 x 21.6 cm (2 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1950.533
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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