The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 20, 2025
Palmettes and Birds from a Tunic or Curtain
500s–600s
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
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
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.- ?–1951(Dikran G. Kelekian [1867–1951], Paris, France, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1951–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 18, 2021-November 13, 2022).Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 12, 2000-October 25, 2001).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.535