Border of Heads and Palmettes from a Large Hanging (Q60820008)

Label from: English (en)

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artist: no value
collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
material used: wool (Q42329) linen (Q1426327) natural dye (Q899955)
fabrication method: slit tapestry weaving (Q47451078)
instance of: textile artwork (Q22075301) border (Q365980) textile (Q28823)

catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.273

information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog

description: Frontal heads with caps alternating with palmette leaves on a rich blue ground was a popular border design for luxurious woolen hangings whose field patterns often incorporated Iranian artistic features. A reciprocal red and white foliate design forms the secondary border. The field pattern possibly began on the left on the red ground.

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