Embroidered border and field of animals in large roundels
1000s-1100s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Embroidered border and field of animals in large roundels, 1000s-1100s. Iraq, probably Baghdad, Seljuk period. Plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); embroidery, couched, split, running, and outline stitches: silk and gold thread; overall: 40 x 26 cm (15 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.257
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); embroidery, couched, split, running, and outline stitches: silk and gold thread
- Medium
- plain, weave, silk, warp, cotton, weft, mulham, embroidery, couched, split, running, outline, stitches, gold, thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 40 x 26 cm (15 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1952.257
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Twain Shall Meet,
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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