Description
This fragment is one of several that may have come from a tomb in the Caucasus (the region between the Black and Caspian seas). The design displays rows of eight-pointed stars, here with a rooster on a blue ground, alternating with striped pointed crosses.
Provenance
said to have been found in a tomb in the Caucasus in the late 19th century; An anonymous French collection, to Loewi-Robertson; (Loewi-Robertson, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1977); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1977–)
Accession Number
1977.17
Medium
complementary weft-faced plain weave with inner warps (samit); silk
Dimensions
Overall: 8.5 x 24.1 cm (3 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Mounted: 15.2 x 30.5 cm (6 x 12 in.)
Classification
Textile
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
