Roundel with curvilinear palmette tree, from a tunic
Cleveland Museum of Art

Roundel with curvilinear palmette tree, from a tunic

600–850

Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite)
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

This elaborate pattern was woven on a large, early loom known as a drawloom that automatically repeated designs across the width of the fabric.

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