Description
This fragment preserves rows of tangent roundels, each containing pair of griffins flanking a tree. Borders of the roundels are ornamented with small medallions enclosing animals or a floral device. The interspaces between roundels are filled with geometric floral figures.
Provenance
(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982-)
Accession Number
1982.19
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Dimensions
Overall: 35.5 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.)
Classification
Textile
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
