Curtain Panel with Scenes of Merrymaking

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vertical rectangular piece of fabric with a beige background and black designs; edges are torn and frayed. The fabric depicts a repeating pattern with a border on all sides; the border on the top and bottom has a row of circles, each containing an animal; the border on the left and right sides has a repeating pattern of vertical lines with a pointed oval shape on top and bottom; the center has 3 large squares with 2 smaller squares on either side; a large circle is positioned between the 2 lower squares; all squares and circle contain figurative scenes of people and animals. The scene in the top square shows 2 people; the scene in the middle circle shows a donkey or horse with a smaller animal; the bottom square shows 2 men and a boy; the smaller squares on the left and right show single figures or pairs; there are traces of red on some figures. The artwork, 'Curtain Panel with Scenes of Merrymaking', was created by an unknown artist.