Fragment from an Embroidered Border

Cleveland Museum of Art

The rectangular piece of fabric, titled "Fragment from an Embroidered Border" by an unknown artist, features colorful embroidery on a beige background. The fabric has a rough, uneven edge with multicolored tassels hanging from it. The embroidery depicts various designs, including a brown animal with a halo-like circle around its head on the left side, and a white animal on the right side. A green and blue border runs along the top and bottom of the fabric. The top border features a repeating pattern of green and blue shapes, while the bottom border has a solid green line with scattered multicolored flowers and shapes. In the center of the fabric, there are several embroidered designs, including a tree-like figure with red, blue, and green lines, and a blue animal. The fabric also features several geometric shapes, including triangles, squares, and circles, in various colors. The background of the image is a plain gray color.