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Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms

700s
(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.)
Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1951.91
Location: not on view
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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.
Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms

Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms

700s

Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)

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