Textile

Unknown

13th century · Silk; warp faced plain weave · Islamic Art

The intricate pattern on this textile features paired griffins, foxes, and birds arranged among vine scrolls and palmette trees. The similarity of its motifs, design, and technique to earlier textile traditions of eastern Iran points to westward migration of artisans in response to Mongol expansion. Several collections preserve fragments of the same textile, perhaps part of a tunic.

Artist

Unknown

Date

13th century

Medium

Silk; warp faced plain weave

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1947