Palmettes and Birds from a Tunic or Curtain
500–699
- Medium
- Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 31.1 x 14 cm (12 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Mounted: 36.2 x 20.3 cm (14 1/4 x 8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
About
The symmetrical pattern displays back-to-back green parrots with branches in their beaks and two speckled birds perched on the leaves of a long-stemmed palmette.