Fragment: Griffin

11th-12th century

Islamic

Plain and compound woven silk

10 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (26.04 x 14.92 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

55.68

Provenance: [Adolph Loewi, Inc., New York] until 1955; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1955

Photo: Scott Leen

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Patterns of Fiber: Textiles from the Seattle Art Museum Collection, Dec. 18, 1980 - Mar. 1, 1981.

Published ReferencesAckerman, Phyllis. "Medieval Silk Weaving from Antioch, Byzantine Work of a School Previously Islamic." Illustrated London-News, Aug. 15, 1936: p. 274.

Underhill. Gertrude. "A Tenth Century Byzantine Silk from Antioch." Bulletin XXIX (1942): p. 6.

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