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Jan 30, 2018
Palmettes and Birds from a Tunic or Curtain
Palmettes and Birds from a Tunic or Curtain
500s–600s
Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite)
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.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.535
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These elaborate patterns were woven on large, early looms known as drawlooms that automatically repeated designs across the width of the fabric, often in mirror-image symmetry.
Description
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.
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