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Fragment with star pattern and griffins
950–1050
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This fragment's design consists of interlaced bands, bordered with inner band of foliate ornament, forming an eight-pointed star with center of floriated cross and flanked in four corner compartments by winged griffins. It was woven in green and white silk. The warp in green silk has two wefts, one of green silk and one of white silk floss for the design.
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- Title: Fragment with star pattern and griffins
- Date Created: 950–1050
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 40.3 x 30.5 cm (15 7/8 x 12 in.)
- Provenance: (Mrs. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Textile
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.292
- Medium: plain weave variation with supplementary weft: silk
- Department: Textiles
- Culture: Iraq or Iran, Buyid period
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Accession Number: 1941.292
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