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Palmettes and Birds from a Tunic or Curtain

These elaborate patterns were woven on large, early looms known as drawlooms that automatically repeated designs across the width of the fabric, often in mirror-image symmetry.

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Textiles · Animals · Catalog HV6E9YD4

Palmettes and Birds from a Tunic or Curtain

Unknown creator · 500s–600s

These elaborate patterns were woven on large, early looms known as drawlooms that automatically repeated designs across the width of the fabric, often in mirror-image symmetry.

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CC0

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Exact rights statement: CC0 1.0 · Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
Verification notes: The museum's official API record 128944 marks share_license_status as CC0 and supplies the matching web image. The exact object page, accession number 1951.535, API evidence, and institutional Open Access policy are retained. CC0 addresses copyright; the batch still receives general-audience and other-rights review.
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Fragment of a Band with Birds and Trees

Fragment of a Border with Standing and Seated Birds Amidst Vegetation

Fragment of a Band with Confronted Birds, a Formal Tree, and Smaller Animals

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