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Source Description
This colorful and finely woven band combines motifs of the Byzantine period, such as the bird and flanking palmettes (fan-shaped leaves), with new fashions that emerged with the spread of Islam, such as the roundel with a pearl border.
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Document identity
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136408
label
Decorated Band from a Tunic or Curtain
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Source metadata
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136408
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object
title
Decorated Band from a Tunic or Curtain
description
This colorful and finely woven band combines motifs of the Byzantine period, such as the bird and flanking palmettes (fan-shaped leaves), with new fashions that emerged with the spread of Islam, such as the roundel with a pearl border.
date
600s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757065
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 8.2 x 24.7 cm (3 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.); Mounted: 14.6 x 30.5 cm (5 3/4 x 12 in.)
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Egypt, late Byzantine or early Islamic period, 7th Century
accession
1960.275
Source extras
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tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
tombstone
Decorated Band from a Tunic or Curtain, 600s. Egypt, late Byzantine or early Islamic period, 7th Century. Tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool; overall: 8.2 x 24.7 cm (3 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.); mounted: 14.6 x 30.5 cm (5 3/4 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1960.275
collection
T - Coptic
citations
citation
“Annual Report for 1960.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 6 (June 1961): 107–147.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 124
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 32
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 32
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 41
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. <em>Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984</em>, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.
page_number
p. 11, cat. no. 3
creditline
Gift of The Textile Arts Club
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2026-05-29 06:57:42.264000
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136408
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
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