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Source Description
This is a fragment from an horizontal band that was woven to be applied as a decoration to a garment. It has diamond compartments containing floral, geometric, and animal motifs.
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129188
label
Tapestry with lattice of animals in medallions
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129188
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object
title
Tapestry with lattice of animals in medallions
description
This is a fragment from an horizontal band that was woven to be applied as a decoration to a garment. It has diamond compartments containing floral, geometric, and animal motifs.
date
600s–700s
citation
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60753991
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Tapestry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 14.6 x 14.3 cm (5 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.); Mounted: 21.3 x 20 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
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Egypt
accession
1951.89
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wool and linen: tapestry weave
tombstone
Tapestry with lattice of animals in medallions, 600s–700s. Egypt. Wool and linen: tapestry weave; overall: 14.6 x 14.3 cm (5 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.); mounted: 21.3 x 20 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1951.89
collection
T - Islamic
citations
citation
Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. <em>2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952</em>. Hartford, CT: Wardsworth Atheneum, 1951.
page_number
p. 25, cat. no 35
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: <em>Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.
page_number
p. 14, cat. no 6
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 47, fig. 2.2
citation
Ball, Jennifer L. "Charms: Protective and Auspicious Motifs." In <em>Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. </em>Thelma K. Thomas, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 57, fig. 1-2.3
citation
Thomas, Thelma K., Jennifer Ball, Edward Bleiberg, Kathrin Colburn, Helen C. Evans, Christine Kondoleon, Brandie Ratliff, and Elizabeth Dospel Williams. D<em>esigning Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity</em>. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
page_number
p. 39
creditline
Gift of The Textile Arts Club
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2026-05-29 06:40:00.285000
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129188
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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wool and linen: tapestry weave
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