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Two Mounted Fragments of a Border (from a Garment ?)
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Two Mounted Fragments of a Border (from a Garment ?)

late 700s–early 800s · goat hair, wool, and cotton: tapestry (originally inwoven in tabby ground)

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The design consists of a frieze of very stylized rams.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineTwo Mounted Fragments of a Border (from a Garment ?), late 700s–early 800s. Iran or Iraq, Abbasid period (750–1258). Goat hair, wool, and cotton: tapestry (originally inwoven in tabby ground); overall: 14.6 x 29.5 cm (5 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.522
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