The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 12, 2026

A silk and metallic thread textile fragment features a repeating pattern of stylized gold birds flying in alternating directions against a dark blue background. The birds are rendered with horizontal ribbing, showing long necks stretched forward and thin legs trailing behind. This roughly square fragment has frayed, uneven edges along the top and bottom where the dark blue weave dissolves into loose threads.

Textile Fragment

1800s

Japan

silk, metallic thread

Average: 9.6 x 10.2 cm (3 3/4 x 4 in.)

General Income Fund 1920.1721

Location: Not on view

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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1721