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Source Description
This silk sleeve blends technical and stylistic elements that occurred in early Islamic art. The sides of the sleeve are decorated with a lotus flower design, an ancient Egyptian motif that was absorbed into Hellenistic and Byzantine art. The upper panel displays a large medallion composed of leaves and palmettes, common vegetal motifs in Islamic art of this period. Below, the mace-wielding horseman is identified in Coptic inscriptions as Joseph, father of Jesus and saint within the Coptic faith. The image is likely derived from the Byzantine representation of the victorious emperor.
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125230
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Silk Sleeve Decoration with Hunters
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125230
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object
title
Silk Sleeve Decoration with Hunters
description
This silk sleeve blends technical and stylistic elements that occurred in early Islamic art. The sides of the sleeve are decorated with a lotus flower design, an ancient Egyptian motif that was absorbed into Hellenistic and Byzantine art. The upper panel displays a large medallion composed of leaves and palmettes, common vegetal motifs in Islamic art of this period. Below, the mace-wielding horseman is identified in Coptic inscriptions as Joseph, father of Jesus and saint within the Coptic faith. The image is likely derived from the Byzantine representation of the victorious emperor.
date
700s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79903582
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 28.9 x 20.3 cm (11 3/8 x 8 in.); Mounted: 37.8 x 29.2 cm (14 7/8 x 11 1/2 in.)
cul
Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)
accession
1947.193
Source extras
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Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit)
tombstone
Silk Sleeve Decoration with Hunters, 700s. Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit); overall: 28.9 x 20.3 cm (11 3/8 x 8 in.); mounted: 37.8 x 29.2 cm (14 7/8 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1947.193
collection
T - Islamic
didYouKnow
At the bottom, men with spears hunt ostrich.
citations
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy. "A Coptic Silk." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 34, no. 9 (1947): 216-37.
page_number
p. 236-37
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25141411
citation
Weibel, Adèle Coulin. Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952.
page_number
p. 91, no. 54
citation
Akin, Esra. <em>Muthanna / History, Theory, and Aesthetics</em>. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2020.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 114, fig. 4.3
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:28:03.676000
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125230
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit)
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