Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms, 700s. The stunning pattern of palmettes within diamond-shaped compartments is still visible in this rare four-colour silk, despite its fragile state. Small human faces within circles appear at the points of the diamonds.

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Size: 4292px × 3250px
Photo credit: © Heritage Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 8th, abbasid, art, century, cleveland, complementary, egypt, heritage, islamic, late, museum, period, samit, silk, syria, textile, twill, umayyad-, unknown, warps, weft-faced