Part of Silk Wrapping of the Emperor Charlemagne, possibly of Baghdad manufacture, 9th Century. The Frankish Empire & the Abbasid Caliphate's heavy trade fueled the Carolingian Renaissance & the Islamic Golden Age. They were on such good terms the Caliph sent Charlemagne a gift elephant. [911x1011]

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