Tapestry Panel
1000–1469
- Medium
- camelid fiber and cotton, tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- Overall: 115 x 54.3 cm (45 1/4 x 21 3/8 in.); Mounted: 124.5 x 64.8 cm (49 x 25 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
About
The design of this panel depends on the repetition of a single motif: a small, geometricized head set inside a stepped V, which seems to represent the stylized bodies and wings of two birds. This motif, woven in different color combinations, alternates between up and down to form a sophisticated interlocking pattern that has no proper top and bottom. The panel probably once belonged to a garment.