Length of Textile

Cleveland Museum of Art

Length of Textile by unknown artist. The image shows a rectangular piece of fabric with a repeating pattern. The fabric is beige with a repeating design of white cranes, flowers, and leaves in shades of red, orange, green, and brown. The cranes are depicted in various poses, with their wings spread and beaks curved. The flowers are peonies and chrysanthemums, and the leaves are green. The pattern is repeated horizontally across the fabric, with each row of cranes and flowers slightly offset from the one above and below it. The fabric appears to be made of silk or another smooth material, and it has a subtle sheen to it. The edges of the fabric are rough and uneven, suggesting that it may have been cut from a larger piece. The background behind the fabric is gray.