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Source Description
This plain weave fragment contains an ornamental bird with outstretched wings encircled by a pearled frame.
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Document identity
localId
124774
label
Fragmentary roundel with eagle in gold ground
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object
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Source metadata
id
124774
contentType
object
title
Fragmentary roundel with eagle in gold ground
description
This plain weave fragment contains an ornamental bird with outstretched wings encircled by a pearled frame.
date
1000s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79902804
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 11.2 x 14 cm (4 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
cul
Egypt, Fatimid period
accession
1946.258
Source extras
tec
linen, silk, and gold filé: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave
tombstone
Fragmentary roundel with eagle in gold ground, 1000s. Egypt, Fatimid period. Linen, silk, and gold filé: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave; overall: 11.2 x 14 cm (4 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey, 1946.258
collection
Textiles
didYouKnow
The gold threads were not beaten up and therefore form loose, open weave in contrast to rest of the silk tapestry.
citations
citation
Miner, Dorothy Eugenia. <em>Early Christian and Byzantine Art, An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, April 25-June 22 [1947]</em>. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1947.
page_number
no. 786
citation
von Wilckens, Leonia. "Fatimidische Gewebe mit gewirktem dekor im Verglei mit spanischen und sizilischen." In <em>Salīm, Muḥammad ʻAbbās Muḥammad. Islamische Textilkunst des Mittelalters: Aktuelle Probleme</em>. Riggisberg [Switzerland]: Abegg-Stiftung, 1997.
page_number
pp. 157–171
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: p. 116, fig. 3.32; Mentioned: pp. 116, 215
creditline
Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey
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2026-05-29 06:26:12.914000
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124774
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Textiles
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Textiles
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linen, silk, and gold filé: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave
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0
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