Tapestry with golden lions and palmettes
1200s or earlier
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Tapestry with golden lions and palmettes, 1200s or earlier. Central Asia. Silk, gold thread; tapestry weave; overall: 63.5 x 34.7 cm (25 x 13 11/16 in.); mounted: 73.7 x 45.7 cm (29 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1991.3
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- silk, gold thread; tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- Overall: 63.5 x 34.7 cm (25 x 13 11/16 in.); Mounted: 73.7 x 45.7 cm (29 x 18 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1991.3
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art, The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty, Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900
- Rights Statement
- CC0
Have a concern, a correction, or something to add?
