Piece
Unknown Artist
Panels such as this—with its extraordinary patterns in long repeats—were called "bizarre" by the Danish scholar Slomann, who believed they were made in India. Most scholars consider them an exotic phase in the history of European silk weaving.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915
1705-10
Silk and metal thread
204.5 x 99.1 cm
15.52.3
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
Where you'll find this
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection
