Curtain Fragment with Galloping Horse (Q60762930)
Label from: English (en)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
material used:
wool (Q42329)
plain weave (Q10572374)
fabrication method:
plain weave (Q1153946)
slit tapestry weaving (Q47451078)
catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1948.27
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: This large roundel framed with hearts displays a saddled horse galloping through a landscape, indicated by the stylized tree. The secondary motif of birds, partially visible in the corners, was repeated with the large roundels to form a colorful curtain. The many shades of color were skillfully achieved from only a few dyes, often the most expensive aspect of production: red and pink made from an insect dye, perhaps Armenian cochineal; blue from indigo; salmon (horse's nose and belly), yellow, and brown from fustic (different colors caused by the mordant, probably alum); green from fustic and indigo; and purple (horse's mane) from madder and indigo.
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