Samite Roundels with Hunters

800s

Maker Unknown

Textiles

Samite Roundels with Hunters, 800s. Eastern Iran or Central Asia. Silk: samite; overall: 26 x 29 cm (10 1/4 x 11 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.284 This textile consists of two fragments mounted together (1959.124 and 1982.284). The two roundels have different diameters, even though the number of warps per repeat is the same.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Textile
Formatted Medium: Silk: samite
Medium: silk, samite
Dimensions: Overall: 26 x 29 cm (10 1/4 x 11 7/16 in.)
Departments: Textiles
Accession Number: 1982.284
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art
Rights Statement: CC0