The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Feathered Panel

Feathered Panel

600–1500
feather "mosaic": feathers sewed on coarse cotton cloth
Average: 40.7 x 122 cm (16 x 48 1/16 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1940.495
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

To decorate this textile, feathers were tied to strings and the strings were stitched on in overlapping rows.
  • Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. Reproduced: p. 50; Mentioned: p. 51, p. 62
  • A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).
    Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).
  • {{cite web|title=Feathered Panel|url=false|author=|year=600–1500|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.495