The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 11, 2026

A brown textile fragment features a stylized ram facing left. The animal displays large spiral horns and four legs ending in alternating dark and yellow hooves. A striped triangular form rests atop its back. Across the top, a horizontal band contains a row of cream-colored, cross-like shapes. The coarse goat hair and wool fabric has irregular, frayed edges and internal losses that break up the design.

Fragment (from a Garment ?)

late 700s–early 800s

Iran or Iraq, Abbasid period

(750–1258)
goat hair, wool, and cotton: tapestry (originally inwoven in tabby ground)
Overall: 15.3 x 19.7 cm (6 x 7 3/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1950.515
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The fragment's design consists of a single stylized ram wearing a pearled collar to which is attached a large ribbon that floats over the ram's back.
  • ?–1950
    (Dr. Emil Delmar [1876–1959], Budapest, Hungary, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1950–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Milliken, William M. “Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1950.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 38, no. 6 (June 1951): 151–182. Mentioned: p. 159 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment (from a Garment ?)|url=false|author=|year=late 700s–early 800s|access-date=11 September 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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