Textile Fragment with Addorsed Parrots and Griffins

early 13th century

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This fragmentary textile displays a framework of undulating bands filled with a herringbone pattern, creating an overall ogival design. Each compartment encloses pairs of addorsed parrots and griffins, flanking a highly stylized palmette tree. Such pairings of animals and trees appear in earlier and contemporary Seljuq textiles from Iran. The prevalence of Seljuq-inspired iconography suggests manufacture in Seljuq, Iran. However, since fragments from a silk textile bearing identical decoration were found in Egypt, an Ayyubid attribution is more likely.

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Title: Textile Fragment with Addorsed Parrots and Griffins
Date: early 13th century
Geography: Attributed to Syria
Medium: Silk; lampas
Dimensions: Textile: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
W. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)
Mount: H. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
W. 19 in. (48.3 cm)
D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
Object Number: 08.109.1b
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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