Sleeve Band

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white image of a long, narrow piece of fabric. Fabric is light colored with a vertical seam down the center. The fabric has a repeating pattern of black designs. The design on the fabric includes four distinct scenes divided into two columns. The top two scenes are identical with people standing and facing each other under an arch. The bottom two scenes are identical with people and an animal on either side of a fence. The scenes are surrounded by curving lines, flowers, leaves, and other foliage. The fabric fills most of the image with a white border on the left and right. The title is "Sleeve Band" and the artist is unknown.