Clothing & Accessories The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Byzantine Tesserae Oblong Silk Scarf

A Vivid Assemblage Of Glass As Well As Gold- And Silver-Leaf Tesserae—Small Pieces Of Colored Material—Creates The Eye-Catching Pattern On Our Silk Scarf. These Tiny Tiles In The Museum’S Holdings Are Thought To Have Come From A Byzantine Mosaic Crafted Between The 6Th And 15Th Centuries.

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