Fragment with Griffins in Roundels

Description

This fragment preserves rows of tangent roundels, each containing pair of griffins flanking a tree. Borders of the roundels are ornamented with small medallions enclosing animals or a floral device. The interspaces between roundels are filled with geometric floral figures.

Provenance

(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982-)

Fragment with Griffins in Roundels

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before 1982

Accession Number

1982.19

Medium

Silk: lampas weave

Dimensions

Overall: 35.5 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund