Roundel from a Tunic with Palmette Tree
Cleveland Museum of Art

Roundel from a Tunic with Palmette Tree

650–850

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

Originally designed in Byzantine Egypt or possibly Syria, patterns like this were woven throughout a period of two to four centuries.

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