Textile fragment
ca. 1170-1285
Not on view
Woven with silk and gold threads in a repeating interlaced pattern encompassing heraldic eagles, this extraordinary textile fragment dates to the Seljuk period, the Turkic dynasty that ruled an area spanning Iran and Anatolia from the 11th to 13th centuries.
- Title
- Textile fragment
- Date
- ca. 1170-1285
- Object Type
- Textile fragment
- Medium
- Silk, gold-wrapped threads; lampas
- Dimensions
- 26 3/16 x 11 1/4 x 1 3/16 in., (66.5 x 28.5 x 3 cm,)
- Credit Line
- Gift of George and Marie Hecksher
- Accession Number
- 2006.127.3
