# Fragment with star pattern and griffins

- Date: 950–1050
- Medium: silk: plain weave variation with supplementary weft
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: Overall: 40.3 x 30.5 cm (15 7/8 x 12 in.)
- Culture: Iraq or Iran, Buyid period
- Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.292)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.292/1941.292_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This fragment's design consists of interlaced bands, bordered with inner band of foliate ornament, forming an eight-pointed star with center of floriated cross and flanked in four corner compartments by winged griffins. It was woven in green and white silk. The warp in green silk has two wefts, one of green silk and one of white silk floss for the design.