Fragment of woven silk with a teardrop-shaped motif, filled with small flowering vine, flanked by confronted eagles and addorsed gazelles. In blue and tan with silver metallic.
14th century
Medium: silk, linen wound with silvered goldbeater's skin Technique: plain weave with supplementary wefts
1938-84-1
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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