Figured woven silk textile fragment with birds

Figured woven silk textile fragment with birds

5th–6th century · Byzantine

Silk, weft-faced compound twill (Samit) weave

The Met · Medieval Art · CC0 · Purchase, Josef and Marsy Mittleman Gift and Rogers Fund, 2000

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