Border with Battle Scene

Cleveland Museum of Art

Rectangular piece of fabric with a cityscape and battle scene embroidered on it. The fabric is light beige, with a darker beige background. The embroidered scene depicts a cityscape with buildings, a boat on water and a tree. The cityscape features towers and domes, and a battle scene with animals and people. There are flying birds throughout the scene. The fabric has a decorative lace trim along the bottom edge, with a solid beige strip separating it from the embroidered scene. The lace trim consists of repeating floral patterns. The top edge of the fabric is scalloped. The background behind the fabric is solid black. The title of the piece is "Border with Battle Scene" by an unknown artist.