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Source Description
The stunning pattern of palmettes within diamond-shaped compartments is still visible in this rare four-color silk, despite its fragile state. Small human faces within circles appear at the points of the diamonds.
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129191
label
Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms
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129191
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title
Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms
description
The stunning pattern of palmettes within diamond-shaped compartments is still visible in this rare four-color silk, despite its fragile state. Small human faces within circles appear at the points of the diamonds.
date
700s
citation
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79909938
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Textile
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1
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import
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Overall: 22.5 x 29.5 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.); Mounted: 27.9 x 34.9 cm (11 x 13 3/4 in.)
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Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)
accession
1951.91
Source extras
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Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit)
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Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms, 700s. Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit); overall: 22.5 x 29.5 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.); mounted: 27.9 x 34.9 cm (11 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1951.91
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T - Coptic
citations
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.
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p. 15
citation
Baker, Patricia L. Islamic Textiles. 1995.
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p. 38 (reconstruction drawing)
citation
Williams, Elizabeth Dospěl. "Textile Aesthetics." In <em>Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt, </em>96-99. Washington: The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, 2019.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 97-98, fig. 34
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Gift of The Textile Arts Club
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2026-05-29 06:40:02.146000
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129191
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit)
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