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Embroidery fragment
Mesopotamian
10th–11th century
Medium/Technique
Silk and cotton plain weave embroidered with silk and metallic thread
Dimensions
Height x width: 5 11/16 x 3 15/16 in. (14.5 x 10 cm)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number31.444
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: cream colored mulham. Design: conventionalized lions, worked with couched gold threads (metal ground on cream silk) and light green, cream, light blue, and brown silk, in split stitch. Two pieces put goether, very brittle, ground cracking. Part of 31.443-45. See note.